Mughal Administration c12.s5.6

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c12.s5.6

There are many historical parallels to this aspect of the Mughal monarchy. The Abbasid Khalifs of Baghdad rose to the throne on the crest of a religious movement in favour of the family of Ali and they claimed the spiritual homage of the Muslim world by reason of their descent from the prophet's family as completely as the political allegiance of their subjects.

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