[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) › 135.6.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 135.6.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 135.6.3 - **Language:** English ### [135.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6.3) for when Hakim Abulfath, at the request of the emperor, had asked the Mírzá, whether he had stabbed at the Mullá from religious hatred, he had said, ‘If religious hatred had been my motive, it would have been better to kill a greater one than the Mullá.’ The Hakim reported these words to His Majesty, who said, “This fellow is a scoundrel; he must not be allowed to remain alive,” and ordered his execution, though the people of the Harem asked the emperor to spare him for his general bravery and courage. The Mullá outlived the Mirza three or four days. The Shi’ahs, at the time of washing his corpse, say that, in conformity with their religion, they put a long nail into the anus, and plunged him several times into the river. After his burial, Shaikh Faizi and Shaikh Abulfazl put guards over his grave; but notwithstanding all precaution, during the year His Majesty went to Kashmir, the people of Lahor, one night, took the hideous corpse of the Mulla from the grave, and burned it.” \[pp. 375, 376, 380.\] “In 999, the flesh of oxen, buffaloes, goats, horses, and camels, was forbidden. If a Hindu woman wished to be burnt with her husband, they should not prevent her; but she should not be forced. Circumcision was forbidden before the age of twelve, and was then to be left to the will of the boys. If any one was seen eating together with a butcher, he was to lose his hand, or if he belonged to the butcher’s relations, the fingers which he used in eating. - [Previous: 135.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6.2) - [Next: 135.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6.4) - [Up: 135.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.6.3) · Pramāṇa