 Iltutmish held religious discourses by orthodox ulama - such as Sayyid Nuruddin Mubarak Ghaznavi - in his court, but disregarded their advice while formulating the imperial policies.He understood the limits to which the Islamic shariah law could be implemented in largely non-Muslim India.When a group of ulama advised him to vigorously pursue the religious conversion of Hindus, he dismissed the idea as impractical.