Question

The historian Barani refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because __________.

• A. the majority of the population did not follow Islam
• B. the Muslim theologists were often disregarded
• C. the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations
• D. religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims

Answer 1

The correct option is C the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations

The historian Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357) was a political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate during Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firoz Shah's reign. He was best known for composing the Taarikh-i- Firoz Shahi a work on medieval India. He refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic as the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations.