UPSC CDS 1 2018 GK Paper

The idea of ‘Farr-I Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by Shihabuddin Suhrawardi. Abul Fazl placed Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi). Abul Fazl was inspired by a famous Iranian Sufi, Shihabuddin Suhrawardi who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king who then became the source of spiritual guidance for his subjects.