what was the state status of women's in Delhi Sultanate
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The conditions of women during the Sultanate period were on a decline. Sati, child marriage and the purdah system became prevalent in the Indian society. The purdah system was also strictly enforced among the Muslim women.
Prior to the coming of the Muslims in India the Hindu society itself was divided into different sections. When the Muslims also settled here, additional sections were added to Indian society. Among them, foreign Muslims constituted the ruling class. It was the most respected and the privileged section of the society.
All high offices of the state were kept reserved for them; they received extensive jagirs in return for their services; and, they wielded great influence in society and administration. But foreign Muslims were also not united. They belonged to different nationalities such as the Persians, the Afghans, the Arabs, the Turks, the Abyssianians, etc.
The Turks claimed and maintained their superiority over all others up to the thirteenth century. When the Khaljis captured the power of the state, superior position of the Turks was broken up. Thereafter the changed political circumstances and inter-marriages between different sections of foreign Muslims brought them all on par with each other.
The next section was that of the Indian Muslims. They were those Hindus who were either converted to Islam themselves or were descendants of converted Muslims. The foreign Muslims despised Indian Muslims because most of them were converted to Islam from among low-caste Hindus.
The foreign Muslims regarded them neither of blue blood nor conquerors of this country. Therefore, Indian Muslims were not given equal status with foreign Muslims either in society or in administration.
During the entire period of the Sultanate only some Indian Muslims could get high offices of the state. Of course, there was some improvement in their status from the beginning of the fourteenth century, yet they could never claim equality with foreign Muslims.
The caste-system of the Hindus affected the Muslims also particularly Indian Muslims. They continued to maintain divisions among themselves on the basis of their previous castes. Thus, both the foreign and Indian Muslims were divided among themselves on the basis of their different nationalities and birth.
The Muslims were also divided on the basis of religious sect, education and professions. The Sunnis and the Shiahs differed from each other on the basis of religious sects while soldiers and scholars were divided among each other on the basis of their professions. Yet, there was another class, that is, the Ulema. They constituted the religious community among the Muslims and claimed superiority over all others.
The Ulema claimed to be the only interpreter of Islamic laws and therefore, wielded large influence not only among the Muslim populace but also in matters of administration except during the reign of Ala-ud-din Khalji, Mubarak Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq Traders, shopkeepers, artisans, peasants, etc. constituted the lowest cadre among the Muslims in the society.
The Hindus constituted the majority of the Indian society. The Hindus were divided among themselves on the basis of castes. The Hindus had strengthened further the bonds of their castes in order to safeguard themselves from the onslaughts of the Muslims. That resulted into formation of new sub-castes and further divisions among them.
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the position of the woman in the sultanate period was very bad-
1) In the sultanate period the importance of woman was destroyed. In comparison to today's situation the woman were getting importance in the world.
2) In the sultanate period the woman were not let educate. In today's situation the woman were getting educated.
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