What were Zawabits in the context of the Delhi Sultanate?

Zawabits were state laws or regulations framed by the Sultans that were distinct from religious law (Shariat) to address administrative needs.

Medieval Political Thought

UPSC Archival Analysis

Exam Year

2002

Evidence Source

UPSC Level

ID: HIS_MED_2002_19 Ref: Ziauddin Barani, Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

The historian Barani did not consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because-

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Barani viewed the Sultanate as not truly Islamic because the Sultans framed their own secular state regulations (Zawabits) to supplement religious law.