Well, Akbar surely did change in attitude and became a non-Muslim during his later life, but it could have been much less from an influence of his heathen harem or so called rajput influence. Since if that were the case then it took him roughly 14 years to come out from the Jehadi mindset after first marrying Bharmal's daughter. The ill famed massacre of civilians actually happened 3-4 years after he had already started marrying Rajput princesses, so if there was ny truth in the so called harem-influence, it had still not happened.
It was much later, that he had practically become a heathen, daily and publically worshipping Surya-Bhagwan, observing Amavasya and Saptami fasts, applying Tilak, Offering Tarpan to purvaja-s in river yamuna, wearing the holy thread and the such. Celebration of the Heathen festivals - Hindu and Parasi - with royal status.
Reigning-in Islam: Many mosques of Lahore were reduced to stables, and in the new capital Agra and then in Fatehpur, besides a few mosques new were not to be constructed. Deen-e-Ilahi was also invented to secularize the court Moslems (and also Rajputs). Also a decree was issued declaring Akbar's writ to be final in all the matters of Islamic law, to supercede over all Kazis and Maulavis, thereby reducing the autonomous institution of Sharia to nothing, and he declared to have superceded the status of the last prophet of Islam (to which there were few takers in private, but no one dare challenge in public) - and the statement changed to La-Ilah-il-allah - Akbar ul rasul Allah. Even more than Jazya-abandonment he passed orders offending to Islam like ban on cow-slaughter and recommendations against polygamy.
All this was towards the later half - much much after the so called "Jodha" episode - almost 2 decades after.
For this change of religious attitude in Akbar, which is recorded by few of his contemporaries, there are a few well documented accounts. While some who noted these from a distance record this to be his cunning and mere stategem. Others have written these to be his true evaluation of Islam.
Particularly two sources are important on this:
a) Badayuni: Badayuni was an islamic fanatic general in Akbar's court, who was aghast at Akbar's changing religious attitude. So he has recorded the change and its sources in detail, in his chronicles, and this provides a lot of insight. He largely attributes it to his Brahmin friend Birbal - who had "initiated" Akbar into kufra, teaching him Sun-worship and the such devilish stuff. Secondly he blames the inadequate knowledge and skill of the Islamic scholars - who could not stand the arguements of Brahmins and "jogi-s" whenever Akbar organized the religous debates, and always lost in reason and argument.
b) Jesuit priests : With their mission of converting the monarch, they particularly observed the relious attitude changes. Of course boastful jesuits take credit of enlightening Akbar out of Islam.
But Badayuni's record is much more accurate, detailed and reliable. Corraborates with real events that were taking place back then. Also from the diaries of Jahangir, Shahjahan, this is what corraborates.
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Thanks are to Rajput for sure. But not to those Rajputs who were fighting Akbar in his harem, but who were breaking his teeth in the battle. I allude to Maharana Pratap.
How have they depicted Pratap? How much coverage? Over hyping "Jodha" and underplaying Chittod is just the same thing.
Did they show Mina-Bazar concept at all? Also distribution of his harem-5000 to his fellow courtiers?
It was much later, that he had practically become a heathen, daily and publically worshipping Surya-Bhagwan, observing Amavasya and Saptami fasts, applying Tilak, Offering Tarpan to purvaja-s in river yamuna, wearing the holy thread and the such. Celebration of the Heathen festivals - Hindu and Parasi - with royal status.
Reigning-in Islam: Many mosques of Lahore were reduced to stables, and in the new capital Agra and then in Fatehpur, besides a few mosques new were not to be constructed. Deen-e-Ilahi was also invented to secularize the court Moslems (and also Rajputs). Also a decree was issued declaring Akbar's writ to be final in all the matters of Islamic law, to supercede over all Kazis and Maulavis, thereby reducing the autonomous institution of Sharia to nothing, and he declared to have superceded the status of the last prophet of Islam (to which there were few takers in private, but no one dare challenge in public) - and the statement changed to La-Ilah-il-allah - Akbar ul rasul Allah. Even more than Jazya-abandonment he passed orders offending to Islam like ban on cow-slaughter and recommendations against polygamy.
All this was towards the later half - much much after the so called "Jodha" episode - almost 2 decades after.
For this change of religious attitude in Akbar, which is recorded by few of his contemporaries, there are a few well documented accounts. While some who noted these from a distance record this to be his cunning and mere stategem. Others have written these to be his true evaluation of Islam.
Particularly two sources are important on this:
a) Badayuni: Badayuni was an islamic fanatic general in Akbar's court, who was aghast at Akbar's changing religious attitude. So he has recorded the change and its sources in detail, in his chronicles, and this provides a lot of insight. He largely attributes it to his Brahmin friend Birbal - who had "initiated" Akbar into kufra, teaching him Sun-worship and the such devilish stuff. Secondly he blames the inadequate knowledge and skill of the Islamic scholars - who could not stand the arguements of Brahmins and "jogi-s" whenever Akbar organized the religous debates, and always lost in reason and argument.
b) Jesuit priests : With their mission of converting the monarch, they particularly observed the relious attitude changes. Of course boastful jesuits take credit of enlightening Akbar out of Islam.
But Badayuni's record is much more accurate, detailed and reliable. Corraborates with real events that were taking place back then. Also from the diaries of Jahangir, Shahjahan, this is what corraborates.
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Thanks are to Rajput for sure. But not to those Rajputs who were fighting Akbar in his harem, but who were breaking his teeth in the battle. I allude to Maharana Pratap.
How have they depicted Pratap? How much coverage? Over hyping "Jodha" and underplaying Chittod is just the same thing.
Did they show Mina-Bazar concept at all? Also distribution of his harem-5000 to his fellow courtiers?