[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 132.1.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 132.1.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 132.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [132.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1.2) In his religious habits the emperor was confirmed by a story which he had heard of Sulaimán, ruler of Bengal, who, in company with 150 Shaikhs and ’Ulamás, held every morning a devotional meeting, after which he used to transact state business; as also by the news that Mírzá Sulaimán, a prince of Çúfí tendencies, and a Çáhib i hál was coming to him from Badakhshán. Among the religious buildings was a meeting place near a tank called Anúptaláo, where Akbar, accompanied by a few courtiers, met the ’Ulamás and lawyers of the realm. The pride of the ’Ulamás, and the heretical (Shí’itic) subjects discussed in this building, caused Mullá Sherí, a poet of Akbar’s reign, to compose a poem in which the place was called a temple of Pharaoh and a building of Shaddád (vide Qor. Sur. 89). The result to which the discussions led, will be seen from the following extract. \[Bad. II, p. 202.\] - [Previous: 132.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1.1) - [Next: 132.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1.3) - [Up: 132.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.1.2) · Pramāṇa