Jalaluddin akbar biography of christopher paul

He is considered the greatest of the Moghul emperors in terms of his military conquests.

Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Akbar () was the third Mogul emperor of India.

He engaged in military campaigns that caused the deaths of thousands, but within his empire he tried to rule justly and bridge cultural and religious barriers between its different peoples. He was a patron of learning and of the arts. Akbar is best known for his vision of empire as an interfaith community—a view quite exceptional for his time. Although a pious Muslim , he believed that truth underlies all religions and pioneered inter-religious collaboration through his discussions with religious scholars, his promotion of the unity of religious truth, and through his own inter-cultural marriages.

Although his policies clearly had pragmatic benefits in attracting the loyalty of non-Muslims, Akbar's personal commitment to unity appears to have been genuine. Unfortunately, his enlightened policies were short-lived, to be reversed by his successor Aurangzeb. Nevertheless they merit him the title "the Great. Akbar was born at Umarkot in Sind on October 15, His father, Humayun ruled — and — , was driven from the throne of India in a series of decisive battles by the Afghan, Sher Shah Suri.

The classic period of the Empire starts with the accession of Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, better known as Akbar the Great, in , and ends with the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in , Missing: christopher paul.

After more than 12 years of exile , Humayun regained his sovereignty, though he held it for only a few months before his death in Akbar succeeded his father the same year under the regency of Bairam Khan, a Turkoman noble whose zeal in repelling pretenders to the throne and severity in maintaining the discipline of the army helped greatly in the consolidation of the newly recovered empire.

When order was somewhat restored, Akbar took the reins of government into his own hands with a proclamation issued in March It is speculated by historians that Bairam Khan attempted to dethrone or murder Akbar when he came of age, or led an army against his loyalists. It is also suggested that Akbar, suspicious of Khan's ambitions and loyalties, encouraged him to perform a pilgrimage to Mecca , and there had him killed by an agent.

The Encyclopaedia Brittanica 11th ed.