The Institutes of Akbar 2.4.1

2.4.1

A few weeks afterwards, Shaikh ’Abdunnabi and Makhdúm ul-Mulk were sent to Makkah, and Shaikh Mubárak and his two sons triumphed over their enemies. How magnanimous Abul Fazl was, may be seen from the manner in which he chronicles in the Akbarnámah the banishment of these men. Not a sentence, not a word, is added indicative of his personal grievances against either of them, though they had persecuted and all but killed his father and ruined his family; the narrative proceeds as calm and statesmanlike as in every other part of his great work, and justifies the high praise which historians have bestowed upon his character that “neither abuse nor harsh words were ever found in his household.” The disputations had now come to an end (A. D. 1579), and Faizi and Abul Fazl had gained the lasting friendship of the emperor. Of the confidence which Akbar placed in Faizi, no better proof can be cited than his appointment, in the same year, as tutor to Prince Murad; and as both brothers had entered the military, then the only, service and had received mansabs, or commissions, their employment in various departments gave them repeated opportunities to gain fresh distinctions. Enjoying Akbar’s personal friendship, both remained at court in Fathpur Sikri, or accompanied the emperor on his expeditions.