A Socio Cultural Study on the Wasiqa Holders among Muslims of Awadh Region, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Wasiqa is a creation from the feudal stage because initial beneficiaries of royal family have been of noble descent at a certain stage of feudalism. So there is a great need of social study to achieve the facts and data about wasiqa and wasiqa holders systematically in present scenario. This is the maiden attempt to have a systematic and scientific social study of wasiqa and wasiqa holders in view of socio-cultural changes.