How Did Mahmud II Attempt to Limit the Power of the Ulama

question 21

Multiple Choice

How did Mahmud II attempt to limit the power of the ulama?

• A) By making the chief religious office a part of the state bureaucracy.
• B) By creating the Ministry of Religious Endowments to regulate waqf revenues
• C) Mahmud II bureaucratized the chief religious office and created the Ministry of Religious Endowments to regulate waqf
• D) None of these answers is correct

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