[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942) › c8.91 # The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c8.91 The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c8.91 - **Language:** English ### [c8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.91) device of obtaining general homage for their nominee in their lifetime.¹ But throughout the history of the Caliphate, political thinkers and jurists maintained that the office was elective. The same ideas underlie the rules regarding the election of a sultan.² The legal aspects of the election have been worked out by the doctors of law with their wonted thoroughness and logic. The majority are of opinion that a monarch elected by the most influential men in the capital is entitled to the allegiance of the people, but they are not unanimous regarding the qualifications of these electors.³ The failure to work out a satisfactory method of general election resulted in mere logical quibbles about the minimum number of electors, thus reducing the election to a mere formality. - [Previous: c8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.90) - [Next: c8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.92) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.91) · Pramāṇa