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Administration of Justice during the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)
Introduction To Administration of Justice during the Delhi Sultanate The administration of justice during the Delhi Sultanate constitutes one of the most significant phases in the legal history of medieval India. For the first time on a subcontinental scale, a centrally organised Islamic polity attempted to institutionalise justice through a combination of Islamic jurisprudence, royal authority, and administrative pragmatism. The Sultanate period did not merely introduce new rulers or political elites; it introduced a new conception of law, adjudication, and judicial hierarchy , while simultaneously accommodating the realities of a plural society dominated numerically by non-Muslims. Justice under the Delhi Sultanate was not a monolithic or rigid system. It evolved over time, responding to territorial expansion, administrative complexity, religious diversity, and political necessity. While Islamic law, or Sharia, provided the normative framework, the actual administration of justic...