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AkbartheGreatwasbornonthisday473yearsago.Doyouknowthathewasonly13whenhe
ascendedthethroneafterhisfather,Humayun'sdeath.Heruledundertheregent,BairamKhan,
whohelpedtheyoungemperorexpandtheMughaldynastyinIndia.Onhis473rdbirth
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Hespenthisyouthlearningtohunt,run,andfight,whichmadehimadaring,powerfuland
abravewarrior

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Akbarwasdyslexicandneverwantedtoreadorwrite.He,however,likedthecompanyof
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Akbarsucceededhisfather,Humayun,in1556.The13yearoldAkbarwasenthronedby
BairamKhanandwasproclaimedShehanshah.SinceAkbarwasonlyateenager,Bairam
Khanruledonhisbehalfuntilhecameofage
Akbarwasgiventhenickname'theGreat'becauseofhismanyaccomplishments,among
whichwashisrecordofunbeatenmilitarycampaignsthatestablishedtheMughalrulein
theIndiansubcontinent

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ItisprettywellknownthatAkbarwastoleranttowardsallreligions.Hehadover25wives
andmostofthembelongedtootherreligions

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ThemostnotableofhiswiveswasJodhaBai,whowasaJaipurprincess
In1563,AkbarcancelledthelawtocollecttaxfromHindupilgrimsiftheyvisitedtheirholy
places.Hehadaliberalattitudetowardsallreligions.Thisliberalattitudealsohelpedhima
lotintheexpansionofhisterritory
AfterthenorthernIndia,Akbarbeganexpansionofhisterritorialboundarytothesouthern
partofIndia.SuchwasthemightofhisempirethatitstretchedfromSindhinthewestern
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TheAkbarnamawhichmeans'BookofAkbar',isanofficialbiographicalaccountofAkbar.
Thebookincludesvividanddetaileddescriptionsofhislifeandtimes.Theworkwas
commissionedbyAkbar,andwrittenbyAbulFazl,oneoftheNineJewels
Itisstatedthatthebooktooksevenyearstobecompletedandtheoriginalmanuscripts
containedanumberofpaintingssupportingthetexts
AkbarfellillonOctober3,1605withanattackofdysentery.Heisbelievedtohavediedon
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