Q. In the Delhi Sultanate period, the role of the Muftis as a state functionary was ?
Answer: Interpretor of Shariyat
Notes: Muftis is a scholar who have complete knowledge of Shariah , have complete mastery over the jurisprudence and well versed in the social science and the Arabic language . Mufti has the power to issue verdicts known as Fatwas or in other words his answer was the Fatwa.

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