UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2017 · Q6(a) · 15 marks
To what extent was the Caliphate the source and sanction to the legal authority of the Sultans of Delhi?
- Chapter
- The Thirteenth Century
- Topic
- Theory of Kingship, the Caliphate and Administration
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