To pacify the ulema, always wary of any rival forum, this initial gathering consisted entirely of men who were clerics.

Rather, the leadership of the ulema in Egypt and in other important Muslim centers should do it for the Afghan people.

There is also a grand cadi, nominated by the sultan of Turkey from among the Ulema of Stamboul.

The Ulema would probably oppose it, although they accepted it as part of the plan of Mithad Pacha.