A historian reads two kinds of sources. In the first, a qazi in a town of Sind is asked to settle a dispute over a local trading custom. He finds no direct ruling on it in the Qur'an. He looks for a similar case already settled in the law and decides the new case in the same way. In the second, a letter from a Mughal emperor to a Jogi sends a piece of cloth and twenty-five rupees as an offering and offers any further service the Jogi may need.
The emperor's offering reflects a practice of grants and respect towards non-Muslim religious leaders. Which of the following Mughal rulers made such grants?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Akbar and Aurangzeb
Grants and respect towards non-Muslim religious leaders came from several Mughal rulers, including Akbar and Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb himself sent cloth and money to a Jogi in 1661-62.
Note: Many students leave out Aurangzeb here, but he too made such grants.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.1 Faiths of rulers and subjects … “devotion towards non-Muslim religious leaders. These grants were made by several Mughal rulers, including Akbar and Aurangzeb.” |