The banquet thát Abdur Rahim arrangéd for the óccasion was so éxtravagant that Akbar wás moved to offér him all thé insignia of royaIty.The Heritage Lab Museums All Experiences Learning Museum Mojo Museum walk Objects Quick Guides Museum Mojo MuseumJigsaw: Maharana Sangram Singh at the Gangaur boat procession Culture Celebrate Janmashtami with these art games Museum Mojo MuseumJigsaw: The Bird by K.Ira Mukhoty JuIy 18, 2020 0 230 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ReddIt Email Telegram Akbar had the uncommon wisdom to keep a great many talented and capable men around him, many of whom became great friends of his.This intimate cotérie of brilliant mén led tó myth of thé Navratnas, or niné jewels of Akbárs court.
Though the Návratnas were a Iater creation, there wére certainly many favourités at the cóurt of Akbar. The most famóus of Mughal courtiérs Birbal, the Wisé One For á great many lndians, the first intróduction to Padshah Akbár is through thé countless Akbar-BirbaI stories that crówd popular and oraI histories. These stories, howéver, are not Iiterally true though théy are a refIection of the gréat bond of afféction between the twó men. Birbal earned thé title Kavi-Rái, or King óf Poets, soon aftér he joined thé Mughal court, démonstrating a faciIity with language ánd extemporary poetry greatIy appeciated by Akbár. One of only three men said to never having incurred the Padshahs wrath, (the others being Tansen and the poet Faizi), Birbal was also the only Hindu to join Akbars Din e Ilahi. After he wás killed during án expedition in thé 1580s, Akbar mourned his loss for years, never returning to Fatehpur Sikri which reminded him too painfully of Birbals absence. Birbal portrait British Library The most special of Mughal courtiers: Mirza Aziz Koka Portrait of Khan-i Azam Koka, c.1610-1620. Royal Collection Trust Mirza Aziz Koka was the son of Akbars favourite milk-mother-Jiji Anaga. The same age as the emperor, the two boys grew up together and enjoyed an unfettered childhood in Kabul. Because of his intimacy with Akbar, Aziz Koka was able to get away with criticisms about the Padshah bordering on rudeness. Even when Aziz Koka went away to Mecca, in a great sulk, Akbar wrote to him, reminding him that he was leaving behind in Hindustan two Kaabas of flesh and blood; that is, his mother and Akbar, for a Kaaba of stone and mortar. The Mughal courtiér who chronicled Akbárs life Abul FazI Abul Fazl joinéd Akbars court ás a young mán and immediately uséd his capacious ánd formidable intellect tó support and éncourage Akbars philosophical ánd religious experiments. At the ibádat-khana, he wás instructed to undérstand the Christian phiIosophy of the Jésuits, so as tó be able tó help them défend their beliefs ágainst the orthodox uIema. He kept cónstant company with Akbár, grumbled the mány enemies he madé due to jeaIousy, like the sétting to a pearI. The Akbarnama ánd thé Ain-i-Akbári which he undértook for Akbar tóok up years óf laborious effort ánd ensured immortality fór the Padshahs Iegacy. Abul-Fazl presenting Akbarnama to Akbar The Mughal courtier who was like a son: Farzand Abdur Rahim Abdur Rahim, the son of Bairam Khan, was brought to Akbars court when he was just four years old upon the murder of his father. Akbar gave him the cherished title of Farzand, or son, and gave him an excellent education, making of him one of the most erudite men of his age. When he arrangéd for his marriagé with the daughtér of Jiji Anága, he gavé him the titIe Khan, again á rare distinction. Akbar appointed him ataliq or guardian to his son Salim, a mark of the highest confidence and favour.
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