62 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
work on Sunni jurisprudence, composed by a syndicate of 
scholars under the instructions of Aurangzeb himself are of 
interest. ‘‘ A Daru-l-harb becomes a Daru-l-Islam on one condi- 
tion, namely, the promulgation of the edicts of Islam. The 
Imam Muhammad in his book, called the Ziyadah, says a 
Daru-l-Islam again becomes a Daru-l-harb, according to Abi 
Hanifah on three conditions, namely (1) that the edicts of the 
unbelievers be promulgated, and the edicts of Islam be sup- 
pressed ; (2) that the country in question be adjoining a Daru- 
l-harb and no other Muslim country lie between them, that is, 
when the duty of Jihad or religious war becomes incumbent on t em, 
Islam,’ 8. V. Daral-Harb 
cellsdi yo, “Seat of the Khilafat (Caliphate).’ One of the 
strangest things about the issues of the first period of 
Akbar’s reign is that this epithet is indiscriminately associated 
sense, at some time during the reign. It is not easy to suggest 
an explanation, and I can only cite a passage in the Akbarnama 
which appears to have some bearing on the matter. Writing 
of Humayiin’s ‘ Return and Restoration,’ Abul Fazl says :— 
would be an army under the charge of a prudent, far-seeing, 
