Abu’l – Fath Jalat ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. He was born on October 15, 1542 in Umarkot, India. At the age of 13, Akbar succeeded his father Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan who succored the young emperor to expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.
Few years later, Akbar took a charge of the kingdom, after defeating Himu, The General of Afghan forces, in the second battle of Panipat. Akbar was a strong, powerful and successful personality who gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. Akbar always had a desire to conquer Mewar. The battle of Haldighati was fought between the Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap and Mughal Emperor Akbar’s forces on June 18, 1576. The battle of Haldighati was a futile victory for the Mughals as they were unable to oust Maharana Pratap. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a system and adopted many policies through diplomacy. Akbar was a patron of art & culture.
In order to preserve peace and hope to bring about religious unity within an empire, Akbar promulgated Din-i-llahi “the religion of God”. It was a place where Akbar reflected his secular ideas and his desire to achieve peace unity and tolerance in his empire. His idea was to combine Islam and Hinduism into one faith. Din-i-llahi emphasized morality, piety and kindness. Akbar took a deep personal interest in religious matters. This led him to form the idea of the new religion, Sulh-l kul. Sulh-I kul was one of the policies started by the Mughal emperor Akbar. Sulh-l kul meant “universal peace”. Its main objective was not to discriminate people belonging to different religions in Akbar’s kingdom. This gesture of his made the Hindus and people of other religions call him with different names and start loving him. He was a qualified leader in many ways. Akbar was an artisan, artist, emperor, armourer, technologist, animal trainer, administrator, carpenter, emperor, general and an inventor. He is also now known as “Akbar The Great”. In 1605, at the age of 63, the great Akbar fell ill and passed away on October 27 at Fatehpur Sikri. He was buried at Sikandra, Agra.
Abu’l – Fath Jalat ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. He was born on October 15, 1542 in Umarkot, India. At the age of 13, Akbar succeeded his father Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan who succored the young emperor to expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.
Few years later, Akbar took a charge of the kingdom, after defeating Himu, The General of Afghan forces, in the second battle of Panipat. Akbar was a strong, powerful and successful personality who gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. Akbar always had a desire to conquer Mewar. The battle of Haldighati was fought between the Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap and Mughal Emperor Akbar’s forces on June 18, 1576. The battle of Haldighati was a futile victory for the Mughals as they were unable to oust Maharana Pratap. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a system and adopted many policies through diplomacy. Akbar was a patron of art & culture.
In order to preserve peace and hope to bring about religious unity within an empire, Akbar promulgated Din-i-llahi “the religion of God”. It was a place where Akbar reflected his secular ideas and his desire to achieve peace unity and tolerance in his empire. His idea was to combine Islam and Hinduism into one faith. Din-i-llahi emphasized morality, piety and kindness. Akbar took a deep personal interest in religious matters. This led him to form the idea of the new religion, Sulh-l kul. Sulh-I kul was one of the policies started by the Mughal emperor Akbar. Sulh-l kul meant “universal peace”. Its main objective was not to discriminate people belonging to different religions in Akbar’s kingdom. This gesture of his made the Hindus and people of other religions call him with different names and start loving him. He was a qualified leader in many ways. Akbar was an artisan, artist, emperor, armourer, technologist, animal trainer, administrator, carpenter, emperor, general and an inventor. He is also now known as “Akbar The Great”. In 1605, at the age of 63, the great Akbar fell ill and passed away on October 27 at Fatehpur Sikri. He was buried at Sikandra, Agra.
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