Mughal Administration c10.s4.8

c10.s4.8

But Bernier must be here referring to revenue exactions and executive oppression, and not to cases which could be clearly brought under the Canon Law, for the qazi's jurisdiction over the latter was unquestioned and universally exercised in practice. Though the provincial governors were jealous of the qazi's power, they durst not openly defy him, because he could always appeal to the Emperor in the name of the Sacred Law.