Seniors kindly explain what was the real motive of din-i-ilahi?? is this another form of bhakti movement ,a new religion or just a political move for reconciliation or insanity of an autocrat??

It was "all in one package"

1)Akber wanted to please his Hindu wives(not a different desire from a common "husband)

2)Akber wanted unity of all nations.

3)He had very weak base of Islam,that's why,he was not satisfied with single religion.

4)His inquisitiveness and restlessness forced him to produce an amalgamation of religions.

5)wo shayed Bano Qudiya ne kaha tha k "her insan k ander aik chota sa butt hota hai jo ye chahta hai k usay pooja jaye"..bas kuch aisa he masla Akber k sath b tha.He had power but people believed in supreme powers too,superior to Akber which wasn't acceptable for him so he produced a "khichrri" religion which vested all powers in him.(My own philosophy,you may disagree

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Mein apki aur Bano Qudsia dono ki philosophy se disagree nahi krun ga so in short you are trying to say that he distorted the true picture of islam...history ka sb se bara masla yeh ha k har writer dosray se differ krta ha k mein sahi hn woh galat ha ..mushkil hm gareeboun ko parh jati ha ..ab ap suggest kren k is ko kya hum political move consider kren ya religions toleration ka lesson consider kren??

in short mjhe notes provide kr dain ta k mein baqi subject b tayar kr sakun feb se pehle pehle

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jee tbhi tou ajkal papers analytical atay hn na ta k paper k AUTHOR ki thinking ka pta chalay in fact the concept of din-e-ilahi was more political than religious.... akbar wanted to expand his empire which was almost impossible without wining the loyalty/favours/hearts of myriad hindu community. another factor was as farrah said that he was illiterate and din't have sound knowledge about islam and one factor was the conflict b/w shia and sunni ullamaa present in his the court... all these things lead to din-e-ilahi. so to me din-e-ilahi was a political move for the expansion of mughal empire, he married the daughters of hindu rajas for the same purpose. according to prof. awan at some stage of his life he was convinced that the amalgamation of religions was not a good decision so he allowed his coutiers to follow the teachings of their respective religions....

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thnx for the analysis.so now i can say that it was a political move..but we can't call him a muslim in his practices what do you say???

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i second him,
it was just a political movement, he has nothing to do with pleasing of his wives, it is baseless to say that. despite this move of "din-e-illahi" he is thought to be wise king. i dont think he just took that move just to favor his hindu peoples. He wanted to try to expand his terotery and power of his army, and this a one possible for doing that.

this is another topic to moot on, No one strictly suggest that, unless authenticated knowledge, beacuse we found many biased and political history writers, if we start reading history.

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Pleasing his wife was just a joke which Farrah mentioned..although din-i-ilahi was a political move to please the hindu popolation ,to bring them under one banner..as far as his religion is concerned we can say that he deviated form the original path of islam..desecration of mosques depicts which i meant to say but some historians refused this allegation

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he was one of the best kings sub-continent ever had and perhaps the only MUGHAL king to be praised at such a large scale. din-e-islam was undoubtedly a blow to Islam but we can never say that he was not a Muslim.. yes if u keep in mind the shirk, u can say that he was not a Muslim but he never imposed this thing on those who denied to do so and perhaps only hindus used to bow before him and some flatterers who had nothing to do with Islam (and this was to some extant religious toleration, yet i consider it wrong)..... i really praise him for his intellect an management skills.

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Yes, I too agree with this that it seems a political move, because if we focus on Islam only than amalgamation of other religion into Islam and termed that as din-e-elahi seems a move which shows some personal interest of Akbar, and that obviously is to rule biggest part of the world.

I disagree with the thought that it is joke that it is done to please his wives, in my view he had to make respectable place for the Queen among his people so that his Queen feel safe and secure, secondly he allowed other religions which definitely resulted in getting the support of Hindu people which helped him in both cases, he got more support and happiness of his Queen.

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Din-e- Ilahi was introduced by Akbar to consolidate his empire coz at that time he can't afford any animosity and hostility with Berhmans , who were pretty much in control. Even his marriage with the Hindu Ladies was a part of his conciliation and consolidation policy. He wanted to get the loyalty of Hindu Rajas. All his efforts to adopt the customs of other religions were meant to make them feel as a part of empire and to make them loyal to the king and the kingdom.

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