Akbar the great of mughal India

AKBAR THE GREAT
 Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad AkbarI
Born on 15 October 1542, as son of Humayun
and Hamida Banu Begum
 INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE
 RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Kingdom was extended
 Ability to earn loyalty from conquered people
(Rajput's)

Religious policy
 Rewarded talent regardless of
religious and ethnic background
 Abolished non Muslim tax
 No forced conversion
 Translated Hindu literatures

 Matrimonial alliances with Hindu
princesses
( Mariam-uz-Zamani)
 Treated them with respect
 Elevated their families

 Revised the tax system in 1574
 Separated revenue collection and military
administration
 Governor and tax collector for each region

 Fatehpur sikri1575,walled city and ibadat
khana
 Frequently hosted scholars of other
religions too
 Allowed Jesuits to construct church at Agra
 Prohibited slaughter of cattle

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 In 1582 established a new cult,din-I-ilahi,
which combined many religions
 Not a poet, but encouraged arts
(navaratna)

 Died on 1605
• Illness
• Cite of possible poisoning (traced to
Jahangir)

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