Mughal Administration c10.s6.12
Mughal Administration c10.s6.12
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c10.s6.12
*Caution.*—Any one who puts to death a *murtadd* (apostate) of whatever kind without powers granted by the authority, is generally liable not to *qisās* but only to *tazir*. So also is any one who kills an unbelieving prisoner of war without authority (of the Imām.) [*Encyc. Islam*, ii. 824—828.]