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WHAT MAKES KING AKBAR RELEVANT TODAY ?
Akbar faced the same difficulty as the one we are facing in today's world:
he ruled over a vast, extremely diverse empire, inhabited by
people of countless many creeds,casts and ethnic origins.
As a matter of principle, but also for pragmatic 'imperialist' reasons,
he wanted them to be united - if not in brotherhood, then at least in
mutual respect and harmony. Quite early in his reign,
he became convinced that the essence of a king's duty is to guarantee
universal tolerance and equality for all his subjects, regardless of their
creed and ethnic origin ( Sulh-i-kul, or peace for All, as his teacher
Mir Abdul Latif called it). That is why he attempted to rule in strict neutrality;
that is why he spent countless hours convincing himself and others
that even rigorously orthodox Islam is perfectly compatible with universal
tolerance and pluralism. These are insights that remain as
relevant in our own 21st century as they were in his own time.
Excerpt : Autobiography of Emperor Akbar
by Dirk Collier
Hasan Essa
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