The Sultanate period (1206-1526) is well-known for the production of a large number of works on Islamic jurisprudence (Figh-I-Islami) in Arabic and Persian. These works included Fatawa-collections compiled by learned jurists of the period on their own or at the instance of Sultans and nobles. The present work is a comprehensive study of these Fatawa. The work contains a general study of the origin and development of Fatawa compilation during Muslim rule in India ...
