Abstract
This article posits that in the Delhi Sultanate, the Ilbari rulers tried to influence
networks of ʿulamāʾ through a continuous process of patronization, reward and
punishment. Each sultan was faced with the challenge of controlling preexisting
networks of ʿulamāʾ with strong roots in the Sultanate milieu. Rulers responded by
superimposing new networks over older ones, and inviting and accommodating
foreign ʿulamāʾ to become power-sharers. The new networks were relatively
easier to control and generated little reaction if a new ʿālim was punished. During
power-shifts, the ʿulamāʾ never acted as a monolithic group and sided with
different segments of umarāʾ.
Fouzia Farooq Ahmed. (2021) ʿUlamāʾ during the Power Shifts in the Delhi Sultanate: A Study of Ilbari Rule, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, Issue-2.
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