[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) › 2.2.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.2.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.1) Other Mahdis appeared in various parts of India. In 956 (A. D., 1549), a Mahdi of great pretensions arose in Biánah, S.W. of Agrah, in the person of Shaikh ’Aláí. This man was a Bangálí Musalmán. His father had been looked upon in his country as a learned saint, and after visiting Makkah, he had settled, in 935, with his younger brother Naçrullah, likewise a learned man, at Biánah, where they soon became respected and influential men. Shaikh ’Aláí had shewn from his youth the learning of the lawyer and the rigour of the saint; and on the death of his father, he gathered numerous pupils around himself. ‘But the love of power issues at last from the heads of the just,’ and on the day of the ’Íd, he kicked an influential Shaikh from his haudáh, and, supported by his brothers and elder relatives, he proclaimed that he alone was worthy of being the Shaikh of the town. About the same time, one Miyán ’Abdullah, a Niyází Afghán and disciple of Mír Sayyid Muhammad of Jaunpúr, arrived from Makkah, and settled at a retired spot near Biánah. Like his master, he was a man of oratorical powers and was given to street preaching; and in short time he gained numerous followers among the woodcutters and water-carriers. Shaikh ‘Alái also was overawed by the impressive addresses of Miyán ’Abdullah; - [Previous: 2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.1.8) - [Next: 2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.2) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.1) · Pramāṇa