Mughals - How Tyrannic And Oppressive

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Akbar was heavily influenced by the Sufis like Abul Fazl and his brother and his Hindu

generals, particularly Birbal and Todar Mal. He relied heavily on the ferocious

Amber cavalry and Rajas for keeping his borders safe. (at least he was so wise,

unlike Hindu Raja, to keep his NW frontier checked and fortified and keep a keen

eye on the developments of the Khurasan Mandala)

And he did encourage some Hindu activities with his royal approval.



But, a few instances, if correct keep, me alarmed. He may have checked the

orthodox, like the inimical Qazi body. But he certainly got the signed support

of the Ulema in 1579, in his tolerant period, to issue a mazhar decree that he

was the Khalifa of the age with all power! Thus, Akbar's war was not with all

orthodox Muslims, certainly not with the Ulema in 1579, but particularly with

the Qazi body.

1. He controlled where and when temples could be constructed. In 1595, actually

in his Hindu-tolerant period, he ordered Man SinghKachhvaha to convert the

temple he had started to built into a mosque. This is odd.

Forbes, Geraldine; Tomlinson, B.R. (2005). The new Cambridge history of India.

Cambridge University Press. p. 73.

2. He changed the sacred name of Prayaga into Ilahabas in 1583, also in his

tolerant period. A name with the Islamic word Ilaha. If he really respected his

Hindu subjects, there was no need to change the name and steal the traditional

sacred location from them. This is pure Muslim practice, like what Babur did to

Ayodhya.

3. His lust for Hindu princesses had a political motive too. To break the

backbone of the Rajas and keep them manipulating and loyal.

4. Despite political intrigues, one led by his own son, there were no religious

outbreaks of Sunnis around Akbar's last years. Even an influential orthodox

theologian like Abdul Haq still considered Akbar to be a Muslim and not a

heretic. Habib, Irfan (1997). Akbar and His India. New Delhi: Oxford University

Press, p. 96.



Perhaps, the illiterate megalomaniac Akbar, perhaps more a political Sufi Muslim

than anything else, wanted to surpass Jainas, Shaivas, Vaishnavas, Christians

and Muslims to be declared not only a political, but also a religious supreme

king. He wasn't opposed by most, whom he gave occasional rewards. But it was

particularly the orthodox Muslims around the Qazi group which called him

heretical with whom he got alienated.

In the end, from the start, his person and power mattered to Akbar. Friends were

rewarded, enemies were punished. That is Din-e Ilahi, a megalomaniac Sufi

variant of the totalitarian Islam, approved by the Ulema, who supported him, to

crush all the factions in Islam to one body under Akbar's Din-e Ilahi Khilafat.

(versus the Ottoman Khilafat)



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I hope Ishwa is okay with me posting this post of his here because it had some interesting info.