Legal Framework and Political Realities
The paper addresses the portrayal and legal treatment of dhimmīs —non-Muslim subjects under Muslim rule—in the Fatāwā-i ʿĀlamgīrī , a seminal compendium of Ḥanafī jurisprudence compiled during Emperor Aurangzēb’s reign (1664–1672). As one of the most comprehensive legal texts of the Mughal period, Fatāwā-i ʿĀl...