Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Who inspired Abu'l Fazl when he placed the Mughal Kingship as the highest station receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi)?

Options:

Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar

Sharafuddin Yahya Maneri

Muhammad Shah Alam

Correct Answer:

Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

Abu’l Fazl placed the Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi ). Here he was inspired by a famous Iranian sufi, Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (d. 1191) who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king who then became the source of spiritual guidance for his subjects.