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Mediation refers to an intervention between the state or political authorities and the people, as well as invention among varied social groups in order to mitigate or resolve differences, and thus avert possible conflicts among them. In premodern polities, Sufism and its institutions provided a mediating space to the people. The sufis in premodern South Asia played a mediational role vis-à-vis the state as well as the society. The sufi shaykhs influenced the state policies in favour of the people by affecting the behavior of the rulers towards other political and social groups. Some of them associated with the rulers for mediating between the rulers and the ruled, and successfully used their influence for redressing the grievances of the aggrieved. Some of the sufis avoided the company of the kings and nobles, but performed the mediational role in their own way by indirectly mediating among the conflicting social and political groups.

Tanvir Anjum . (2014) MEDIATIONAL ROLE OF THE SUFIS IN THE ISLAMICATE SOUTH ASIA: A CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL STUDY, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 51, Issue 1.
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