Fatah Alamgiri
Rulings of the Emperor Alamgir (often rendered as Alamgirian rulings)
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The Fatawa-i-Alamgiri (often called Fatah Alamgiri) is a major compilation of Hanafi jurisprudence compiled under Mughal emperor Aurangzeb to guide judges and administrators.
It gathers fatwas and legal opinions from Central and South Asian Hanafi scholars, sometimes offering hierarchies of preferred opinions while preserving divergent views.
The work functioned as a practical reference for courts and helped standardize legal practice across Mughal territories, addressing topics from worship and personal status to criminal law.
Its composition reflects both juristic debates and imperial efforts to consolidate legal norms, making it a crucial source for understanding Islamic law in early modern South Asia.
Scholars debate whether it should be read strictly as a code or as a curated collection of fatwas.
It gathers fatwas and legal opinions from Central and South Asian Hanafi scholars, sometimes offering hierarchies of preferred opinions while preserving divergent views.
The work functioned as a practical reference for courts and helped standardize legal practice across Mughal territories, addressing topics from worship and personal status to criminal law.
Its composition reflects both juristic debates and imperial efforts to consolidate legal norms, making it a crucial source for understanding Islamic law in early modern South Asia.
Scholars debate whether it should be read strictly as a code or as a curated collection of fatwas.
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