[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) › 135.1.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 135.1.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 135.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [135.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.3) No sooner had His Majesty obtained this legal instrument, than the road of deciding any religious question was open; the superiority of intellect of the Imám was established, and opposition was rendered impossible. “All orders regarding things which our law allows or disallows, were abolished, and the superiority of intellect of the Imám became law. But the state of Shaikh Abulfazl resembled that of the poet Hairatí of Samarqand, who after having been annoyed by the cool and sober people of Máwaral-nahr (Turkistán), joined the old foxes of Shí’itic Persia, and chose ‘the roadless road.’ You might apply the proverb to him, ‘He prefers hell to shame on earth.’ On the 16th Rajab of this year, His Majesty made a pilgrimage to Ajmír. It is now fourteen years that His Majesty has not returned to that place. On the 5th Sha’bán, at the distance of five kos from the town, the emperor alighted, and went on foot to the tomb of the saint (Mu’ín-uddín). But sensible people smiled, and said, it was strange that His Majesty should have such a faith in the Khwajah of Ajmír, whilst he rejected the foundation of everything, our prophet, from whose ‘skirt’ hundreds of thousands of saints of the highest degree had sprung.” \[p. 278.\] - [Previous: 135.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.2) - [Next: 135.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.4) - [Up: 135.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.3) · Pramāṇa