[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) › 2.1.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.1.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.5) A few years before 963 A. H., during the Afghán rule, Shaikh Mubárak had, to his worldly disadvantage, attached himself to a religious movement, which had first commenced about the year 900, and which continued under various phases during the whole of the tenth century. The movement was suggested by the approach of the first millennium of Islám. According to an often quoted prophecy, the latter days of Islám are to be marked by a general decadence in political power and in morals, which on reaching its climax is to be followed by the appearance of Imám Mahdi, ‘the Lord of the period’, who will restore the sinking faith to its pristine freshness. Christ also is to appear; and after all men, through his instrumentality, have been led to Islám, the day of judgment will commence. Regarding this promised personage, the Rauzat ul-Aimmah, a Persian work on the lives of the twelve Imáms, has the following passage— - [Previous: 2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.4) - [Next: 2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.6) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.5) · Pramāṇa