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A state legal code codifying this institution that modified the shari’a was espoused by the Fatwa-i- Jahandari of Zīauddin Baranī. A variant of this institution contains quoms characterized by biradari. Parvez Hanif argues that some scholars use the Ghadir Khumm Khutba’s elevation (-5[1])of the ahl al-bayt to explain this institution while ignoring the main injunction of the Farewell Sermon. (*) Pasamanda (-5[1])Muslims’ difference from sayyid Muslims due to this system has been leveraged (10[1])by the RSS (-5[1])to draw votes. Ajlaf and arzal Muslims may “ashrafize” their names to Siddiqui or Khan to evade this institution’s effects because they do not qualify for “Scheduled” status. (-5[1])Muslim historians have dubiously hypothesized (10[1])that this system drove Sindhi conversions to Islam. For 10 points, name this system of social stratification that privileges (10[1])South Asian Muslims of Persian and Hindu Brahmin descent. (10[3]) ■END■

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