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Abu-ul-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (1542–1605), greatest of Mogul emperors, an embodiment of the Ascended Master [[El Morya]]. | Abu-ul-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (1542–1605), greatest of Mogul emperors, an embodiment of the Ascended Master [[El Morya]]. | ||
== Early life == | |||
Akbar was born in 1542 at Umarkot. The sixteenth century Mogul Empire of India had been effectively reduced by fierce alien conquest until, in 1556, only the capital city, Delhi, remained when Akbar Jalal Ud-din Mohammed inherited the throne. | Akbar was born in 1542 at Umarkot. The sixteenth century Mogul Empire of India had been effectively reduced by fierce alien conquest until, in 1556, only the capital city, Delhi, remained when Akbar Jalal Ud-din Mohammed inherited the throne. | ||
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[[File:Jesuits at Akbar's court.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption|Akbar holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuits. (Miniature painting by Nar Singh, ca. 1605)]] | [[File:Jesuits at Akbar's court.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption|Akbar holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuits. (Miniature painting by Nar Singh, ca. 1605)]] | ||
== Religious tolerance == | |||
The emperor was born a Muslim but respected Hindu religion and culture and offered Hindus and Muslims alike the highest posts in his government. He assembled scholars of the Muslim and Hindu sects, Jains, Zoroastrians, and Jesuits in his capital, where in 1575 he built an ''ibadat khana'', a “house of worship,” where learned men of all religions could meet to discuss both theology and philosophy. In 1582 Akbar founded a monotheistic, unitarian religion called Din-i-Ilahi (“Divine Faith”) with himself as its spiritual leader. | The emperor was born a Muslim but respected Hindu religion and culture and offered Hindus and Muslims alike the highest posts in his government. He assembled scholars of the Muslim and Hindu sects, Jains, Zoroastrians, and Jesuits in his capital, where in 1575 he built an ''ibadat khana'', a “house of worship,” where learned men of all religions could meet to discuss both theology and philosophy. In 1582 Akbar founded a monotheistic, unitarian religion called Din-i-Ilahi (“Divine Faith”) with himself as its spiritual leader. | ||