AKBARSHA'S POLICY OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Аннотация

This study analyzes the policy of religious tolerance of Akbar, the ruler of the Mughal Empire, based on historical and modern sources. The research examines the principle of sulh-i kul as articulated in Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak's Akbarnama, the scholarly interpretations of modern historians such as Athar Ali and Peter Hardy, as well as the critical views of ʿAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, who opposed Akbar's religious policies. The scientific novelty of this research lies in the fact that  the sulh-i kul policy promoted by Akbar, the ruler of the Mughal Empire, is analyzed not as a traditional religious reform or a matter of personal belief, but as a model of political theology.