When we talk about the Mughals who ruled the sub continent for around 331 years starting with Babur in 1526 who won the battle of Panipat and become the king while this greatest dynasty in the sub continent came to an end in 1857 with Aurangzeb Alamgir's son Bahadur Shah Zafar. The king who was most liked in the kings who came to rule the area was Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar.
AKBAR AS A CHILD:
Akbar was born on 15 October 1542 at Amarkot fortress to Humayun the second Mughal king he was borned while his mother and father were in exile. when his father Humayun died in 1556 he was crowned the king of the whole region at the age of 13 which was very unusual seeing the young age of the emperor a noble man in his court declared independence in Delhi a war was fought against him bairam khan the trusted journal of his father Humayun went to war and luckily the man was caught and he was brought to young Akbar so he could be killed by him and by his own sword. In his childhood he was brought up by his foster mother and his step brother Adham Khan and strict rules were implemented on him that's why he was getting frustrated with the strict rules implemented on him Although he was not educated but in his early life he used to note important things which came into his use later in his life.
The child in this picture is Akbar rushing towards his mother AKBAR AS AS KING:
Although Akbar was an uneducated and inexperienced ruler but the way he controlled his empire and make it a peaceful environment for every people in the kingdom he was a kind and generous ruler he joined hands with the Rajputs who were described as the most dangerous clan in the region his future reform were indicated very early when he married a Hindu women and in future also encouraged Muslim men to marry Hindu womens and Hindu mens to marry Muslim womens he also banned the sacrifices of cows in public places as a ruler he always wanted to maintain peace among the citizens and don't want that people in his kingdom don't differentiate between them according to there religions and races.The rules and system made by him was not changed by his son who later came at the throne his justice and rules and the environment of the sub continent made by him is regarded as the one of the golden periods in the Mughals history which earned him the title of AKBAR THE GREAT.
DIN-E-ILAHI:
Yes Din-e-Ilahi was the name of Akbar's very own religion at first let's talk from the beginning Akbar built a hall which was named Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri the main function of the Ibadat Khana was to gather leaders of different religions and there they discuss about their own religions with the king.
An artist drawing of IBADAT KHANA
After some time Akbar realized that every religion have the same aim just to make their God happy and go to Heaven but the way of doing so is different so Akbar combined the policies of a couple of religions so every person could be of the same religion and there would be no difference of religion among the civilians so created the religion Din-e-Ilahi although the foundation of the religion was Allah and Quran but there was a major change in it that Akbar is the representative of God so people of all races and religion should bow down in front of the king many people were against him especially a big majority of Muslims but some of his courtiers who want to make the king happier accepted the religion however Akbar skipped his own religion after 10 years.
AKBAR'S RELATION WITH THE HINDUS;
As a big majority of the population living in Akbar's kingdom was Hindu of around 80 to 90 percent he had to make them happy and to do so firstly he banned the sacrifices of cows in Hindu areas because this act is not good according to there religion this makes them very happy while the other major step he took was he married a Hindu women at the age of 18 and encouraged Muslim men's to do so he also tied strong bonds with the Rajputs who were declared as the most fierce clan of the Hindus also doing some minor acts favouring the Hindus he made them happy and maintained the peace through out his reign this is the reason why the Hindus love Akbar so much in fact he was the greatest king in there point of view this earned him the title of ZILLE-ILAHI (Shadow of God).
DEATH OF THE GREAT KING;
The death of Akbar can be called a major setback for the citizens although his son and grandson were successful in maintaining peace but he was regarded as the most favourite he died in the year 25 October 1605 at Agra.He was suspected to be poisoned but the truth has not yet revealed what was the main reason behind the death of the great king who ruled the sub continent for 49 years and in these years he accomplished in maintaining peace all around the kingdom.On his deathbed he pointed his son Jahangir as the new king of the empire although he rebelled against his father in the past.His tomb was built at Agra.
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