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

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