[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) › 135.1.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 135.1.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 135.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [135.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.6) “In this year the Tamghá (inland tolls) and the Jazyah (tax on infidels), which brought in several krors of dáms, were abolished, and edicts to this effect were sent over the whole empire.” In the same year a rebellion broke out at Jaunpúr, headed by Muhammad Ma’súm of Kábul, Muhammad Ma’súm Khán, Mu’izzul Mulk, ’Arab Bahádur, and other grandees. They objected to Akbar’s innovations in religious matters, in as far as these innovations led to a withdrawal of grants of rent-free land. The rebels had consulted Mullá Muhammad of Yazd (vide above, pp. 175, 182), who was Qází-lquzát at Jaunpúr ; and on obtaining his opinion that, under the circumstances, rebellion against the king of the land was lawful, they seized some tracts of land, and collected a large army. The course which this rebellion took, is known from general histories ; vide Elphinstone, p. 511. Mullá Muhammad of Yazd, and Mu’izzulmulk, in the beginning of the rebellion, were called by the emperor to Ágrah, and drowned, on the road, at the command of the emperor, in the Jamnah. “In the same year the principal ’Ulamás, as Makhdúm ul mulk, Shaikh Munawwar, Mullá ’Abdushshukúr, &c., were sent as exiles to distant provinces. \[ p. 278.\] - [Previous: 135.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.5) - [Next: 135.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.7) - [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.135.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.1.6) · Pramāṇa