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Aurangzeb's Chief Justice: The Man Who Wrote the Fatwa-i-Alamgiri
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and legacy of Shaykh Nizam Burhanpuri, the chief justice of Aurangzeb's empire who oversaw the compilation of the Fatwa-i-Alamgiri, a monumental legal code that shaped Islamic jurisprudence in India. They discuss how Burhanpuri, a quiet scholar from Burhanpur, was tasked by Aurangzeb in 1667 to assemble a team of jurists to codify Hanafi law. The conversation covers the Fatwa's structure, its reliance on earlier texts like the Hidaya, its practical impact on Mughal courts, and the controversies it sparked, especially regarding Hindu…
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