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Akbar's diwan, Todar Mall, is credited with unifying the imperial administration (see Qureshi, 56). Akbar incorporated Chisti's shrine into Fatehpur Sikri (1670). 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.

There is a tamarind tree next to the tomb, which is reputed to be as old as the tomb itself. His early reign was marked by campaigns that sought to consolidate Mughal power in northern India, guided by an aggressive Islamic expansionist ideology.

However, as he matured and gained exposure to India’s diverse cultures and traditions, Akbar’s worldview began to shift.

Akbar in Media

• Akbar was portrayed in the 1960 Hindi film Moghul-e-Azam, in which Akbar was played by Prithviraj Kapoor.
• Akbar and Birbal were portrayed in the Hindi series “Akbar-Birbal” aired on Doordarshan in the late 1990s.

References

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• Davies, C.

  Colin. It was his conquest of Bengal that gave him control of the whole of northern India, which qualifies him according to some scholars as the real founder of the Moghul Empire. The Indianization of Akbar

  Akbar’s approach to governance evolved as he sought to integrate his diverse empire more effectively.

  There are many witty stories of exchanges and interactions between the monarch and his minister that are popular even today. It was Elizabeth I, too, who in 1600 granted a Royal Charter to the British East India Company], which would eventually bring about the downfall of the Moghuls; and it was Akbar's son, Jehangir, who first gave the company permission to trade in India (1617).

  Akber was profoundly religious himself, yet he never sought to enforce his own religious views on anyone; be it prisoners of war, or Hindu wives or the common people in his kingdom. His Hindu general Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya or Hemu in short, led the Afghan army to capture Agra and Delhi soon after Humayun’s death in 1556.

  He gave great importance to choice and abolished discriminatory taxes based on religion.

  Akbar tried to reconcile the differences of both religions by creating a new faith called the Din-i-Ilahi, or tawhid-i-Ilahi, which incorporated both Islam and Hinduism. Udai Singh was banished to the Hills of Mewar.

  He never recovered from it and after three weeks of suffering, he passed away on October 27, 1605 at Fatehpur Sikri.

  As Akbar sought to integrate diverse populations into his governance, he forged alliances with defeated Rajput kings rather than exerting harsh rule. Young Akbar was kept at a safe distance by his regent. This approach not only fostered a sense of unity in a culturally rich but fragmented region but also allowed Akbar to earn the trust and loyalty of a majority Hindu population.

  He brought about several changes in existing policies to establish an environment of uniform opportunities to people irrespective of religion. The Rajput alliances became strongest allies of Akbar’s army which proved crucial in many of his subsequent conquests like that in Gujarat in 1572.

  Akbar and the Uzbeks of Central Asia entered into a treaty of mutual respect under which the Mughals were not to interfere in Badakshan and Balkh regions and the Uzbeks would stay away from Kandahar and Kabul.