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Khutba was:

  1. A
    a sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday Prayers
  2. B
    a royal order
  3. C
    a religious decree
  4. D
    a tax

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During the medieval period in Islamic states and the era of the Delhi Sultanate, the Khutba was a formal sermon delivered prior to the Friday congregational prayers. It functioned as an essential symbol of political authority, where the name of the ruling monarch was announced alongside declarations of Islamic tenets.

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Khutba was:
A
a sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday Prayers
B
a royal order
C
a religious decree
D
a tax

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