Abu'l Fazl's idea of Divine Light, farr-i izadi, drew on which Iranian sufi?
AMuinuddin Chishti
BNizamuddin Auliya
CBahauddin Zakariyya
DShihabuddin Suhrawardi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
1. The Mongol queen Alanqua legend also carried Divine Light.
2. Suhrawardi, who died in 1191, first developed the idea.
3. Emperors were later painted with halos.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._
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