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Book's First Pagemedieval age. The custom of sati was prevalent. Even betrothed girls had to commit sati on the funeral pyres of their would-be-husbands. Those widows who would not bum themselves with their husbands were treated harshly by society. Economic Position Economically, a Muslim woman was entitled to a share in the inheritance with absolute right to dispose it off. Unlike her Hindu sister, she retained the right even after marriage. Mehr, or entente nuptial settlement, was another safeguard for Muslim women whereas a Hindu woman had no right to the property of her husband’s parents. A Hindu woman was only entitled to maintenance and residence expenses besides movable property like ornaments, jewellery, etc. Thus, from the legal point of view, women were reduced to a position of dependency in every sphere of life. The women in the south under the Cholas (8th to 13th century), however, had the right to inherit property. CUSTOM OF SATI Some of the Delhi Sultans did try to discourage the custom of sati which prevailed among a large section of the Hindu population, particularly the upper classes and the Rajputs. Though sati was only voluntary in the south and not enjoined upon widows, it is difficult to account for its wide popularity in the Vijayanagar Empire, whose rulers do not seem to have put up any restriction on its observance. Muhammad Tughluq was, in all probability, the first medieval ruler who placed restrictions on its observance. Though Akbar did not forbid the sati altogether, he had issued definite orders to the kotwals that they should not allow a woman to be burnt against her inclination. Aurangzeb was the only Mughal who issued definite orders (1664) forbidding sati in his realm altogether. QUESTIONS In which language did Babur write his memoirs, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi? (a) Persian (b) Arabic