Editing Theocracy (section)

=== Timurid and Mughal Empires ===
[[File:Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Praying.jpg|thumb|[[Jahangir|Emperor Jahangir]], praying to God]]
The Emperors of the [[Timurid Empire|Timurid]] and [[Mughal dynasty|Mughal Dynasty]] were regarded as intermediaries of their subordinates and [[God in Islam|God]] by virtue of the blessings of the Hazrat Ishaans, who were the spiritual guides of the Timurid and Mughal Emperors. The Emperors believed the Hazrat Ishaans to be the rightful spiritual successors of [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]] and by this virtue to be the intermediaries between God and man.{{Disputed inline|date=February 2025}}<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44147955|title=Mughal Court Rituals: The Symbolism of Imperial Authority During Akbar's Reign|author=Shivram, Balkrishan|year=2006|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=67|pages=331–349|jstor=44147955 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/power_desire/rule_domain.html|title=Power & Desire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/main-elements-and-structure-of-the-mughal-administration/2826#:~:text=Mughal%20emperors%20considered%20themselves%20as,%E2%80%9CKhatifa%20of%20her%20country.%E2%80%9D | title=Main Elements and Structure of the Mughal Administration | date=29 November 2014 }}</ref>