A Farewell Tribute to Rajat's jalal...combined with visions of Akbar! - Page 108

Thanks for the update, Myviewprem. So, it was a terrible desecration after all. That is sad.

But I hope my logic still stands. There is no other Muslim who enjoys such goodwill with Hindu, Christian, Jain and Sikh communities. The success of the many movies and current serial about him, gives some indication of that.

Originally posted by: munnirony

all in all a gr8 show put up by rajat as akbar. we had our agreements & disagreements; we had our fights but rajat as akbar will always stay in our hearts.⭐️

k ladies shyamla's suggestion is of shruthi which was akbar's great quality of having an extraordinary memory power..and shyamala will be writing something about it..pl you all quote some incidents from real and reel..!

a brief summary of akbar's strengths and abilities..and how we can relate to the opening line on Akbar..suraj hun zindali ki ramak chod jayunga...

Strengths - A great statesman and a brilliant administrator. Politics of reconciliation. Encouraged intermarriages between Mughal and Rajput aristocracy.

Interests - Enjoyed elephant fights, hunts, initiating and introducing fashion and styles [according to Abul Fazal]. Set up an art department at Sikri - large number of hindu painters and 2 Persian painters - Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdu Samad - art of his court a combination of Persian and Indian. Main work of painters to illustrate manuscripts. Interested in comparative religion. Built Ibadat khana in Sikri for theologians and priests of different religions.

Favourite pleasures - Lover and patron of arts. Influenced by poetry of Hafiz who was influenced by Sufi pantheism. Despite his illiteracy - collected books. Created a library of 24,000 volumes of manuscripts.Tansen - Master of Music in Akbar's court. Set up a translation department. Commissioned translations of Atharva Veda, Ramayana, Mahabharata.

Noted Officers - Appointed 2 Rajput princes as Generals. Akbar's diwan - Raja Todar Mal. His most loyal officials and friends were Hindus. Two wee lnown courtiers - Abul Fazal and Birbal. Abul Fazal's 2 works - Akbar-nama and Ain-I-Akbari are accounts of Akbar's court.

Habits - A workaholic, an insomniac [seldom slept more than 3 hours a night]. Liked only one meal a day. Only drank Ganges water.

As a ruler - His reign a period of exceptional harmony between Hindus and Muslims. Allowed new temples to be built -participated in Hindu festivals. Introduced new year festival of Nauroz at court. Introduced the concept of Din Ilahi - the divine faith. Principle of acceptance of all religions and sects. Did not attempt to become the head of a new religion.

Reforms - Abolished Jaziya. Encouraged widow remarriage, discouraged child marriage, outlawed practice of sati, persuaded Delhi merchants to set up special market days for women. Lifted ban on building of temples. Abolished Islam as the state religion.

Extent of Kingdom at death - Gujarat, Bengal, Qandhar, Orissa, Sindh, Baluchistan, and parts of Deccan. Consolidated Mughal power.

Capital city - Built a walled capital Fatehpur Sikri starting 1571. In honour of Shaikh Salim Chishti. While Sikri being constructed Akbar built a temporary city 7 miles south of agra called Nagarcin - no remains of that city. Fatehpur Sikri also a short-lived city because of water problems. In 1585 moved capital to Lahore and in 1599 to Agra

agar doob bhi gaya to shafak chod jayunga...

Thanku mandy fr sharing the detail information about The Akbar ...its all amazing... sleeping only three hours and one meal a day

Originally posted by: KanJmaskis

Thanku mandy fr sharing the detail information about The Akbar ...its all amazing... sleeping only three hours and one meal a day

yes he was a staunch workaholic!

Mandy I think your post may have moved away from his spiritualism to his achievements but I could not resist sharing Akbar's own words on "Man's Relationship with God" - the lines below show very clearly how evolved AKbar's thinking was despite being unable to read or write

Originally posted by: Coolpree

Mandy I think your post may have moved away from his spiritualism to his achievements but I could not resist sharing Akbar's own words on "Man's Relationship with God" - the lines below show very clearly how evolved AKbar's thinking was despite being unable to read or write

In 1595, Akbar writes to Murad :

"Devoting of the matchless One (bechun) is beyond the limits of the spoken word whether in respect of form ( jism), material attributes ( jismaniat), letter ( harf) or sound (saut). Devotion to the Matchless One is also Matchless. If God so wishes, (you) shall enter, into the private chamber of this wonderful divine mystery. At present auspicious preamble is that he (Murad) may decorate with agreeable sincereity and praiseworthy actions the page of his disposition (sahfa-i-khatir) and endeavor for gaining our pleasure so that with its blessing this other fortunate house of devotion (to God) may be opened (to him)".

Emphasis on the absoluteness of Divine Reality and a subtle suggestion in this passage, that one could reach it, not through formal prayers, but only by cultivating the self and with the help a preceptor Guru) , recalls to mind the teachings of Kabir and Guru Nanak.

The above can be found in a series of letter exchanges between Akbar and Murad are found in the early version (rough draft of the Akbar Nama) which is currently housed in the British Library. These addendums were never put into the official Akbarnama but were chronicled separately.

The exact reference is :

Akbarnama MS. Br. Library, ADD. 27, 247, f.404a, 401b-404b

PS. The above information was shared with me by another IF member some time back in the form of some published papers in the "Social Scientist"

absolutely wonderful cooplpree! the last pages are entirely devoted to akbar's exceptional qualities which made him stand out and how their glimpses were shown in the show...spiritualism was the idea started by anjali if you look at pg 140 with beautiful spiritual music and pics and then shyamala wrote yet another beautiful piece on his spiritualism and how it was shown in the show..and now she is suggesting shruthi which means having an extraordinary memory and i am waiting for her another piece of writing on this and the ending will be done by anjali...that is why the last pages are moving at a slower pace..just waiting for the creatives to make last journey of this thread memorable but you are welcome to write on akbar and some related qualities that were highlighted in the show as well!