[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) › c8.99 # The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c8.99 The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c8.99 - **Language:** English ### [c8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.99) ² V.K., \[illegible\]: 248, 264, 267, 268. The custom of blinding a claimant to the throne to make his accession impossible is of Byzantine origin and crept into the Muslim world as late as the 4th century A.H., Mez., p. 372. - [Previous: c8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.98) - [Next: c8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.100) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.qureshi-1942.c8.99) · Pramāṇa