Mughal legal system

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The Mughal legal system was the judicial framework of the Mughal Empire, combining Islamic jurisprudence—primarily Hanafi fiqh—with imperial edicts and local customs to govern its diverse population.

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instanceOf judicial framework ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
appliedIn Mughal Empire ⓘ
appliedTo Muslim subjects ⓘ
non-Muslim subjects ⓘ
basedOn Hanafi fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school

Islamic law ⓘ
codificationPatron Aurangzeb ⓘ
codifiedIn Fatawa-i Alamgiri ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
developedUnder Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
featuredPrinciple combination of sharīʿa and qānūn ⓘ
discretionary justice by the emperor ⓘ
geographicScope North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India

parts of Central India ⓘ
parts of Deccan ⓘ
parts of Eastern India ⓘ
hadCourtLevel district courts ⓘ
imperial court ⓘ
local courts ⓘ
provincial courts ⓘ
hadJudicialOfficer kotwal ⓘ
mir adl ⓘ
mufti ⓘ
qazi ⓘ
linked to: qadis

sadr ⓘ
handledMatter civil law ⓘ
commercial disputes ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
property disputes ⓘ
incorporated imperial edicts ⓘ
local customs ⓘ
influenced early colonial legal administration in India ⓘ
later Indo-Islamic legal practice ⓘ
languageOfRecord Persian ⓘ
legalSchool Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
recognizedCommunityLaw Hindu personal law ⓘ
customary law of various castes ⓘ
tribal customs ⓘ
religiousFoundation Sunni Islam ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
ultimateAuthority Mughal emperor ⓘ
usedInstrument farmans ⓘ
qānūn (secular regulations) ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
sharīʿa (Islamic law) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia

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Hanafi school → influenced → Mughal legal system ⓘ