[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) › 2.7.7 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.7.7 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.7.7 - **Language:** English ### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7.7) Having elsewhere given numerous extracts from Badaoni to shew that Akbar’s courtiers ascribed his apostacy from Islam to Faizi and Abul Fazl, I need not quote other works, and will merely allude to a couplet by ’Urfi from one of his Odes in which he praises the Prophet— \[Se rt & foe ery? who WE so 199 wht Het 5 Le? nD Gey J tle Shy 9 HjLG FT ob5 & syle sty 9 Soljoe ye Sy? & O Prophet, protect the Joseph of my soul (i. e. my soul) from the harm of the brothers; for they are ungenerous and envious, and deceive me like evil sprites and lead me wolf-like to the well (of unbelief). The commentators unanimously explain this passage as an allusion to the brothers Faizi and Abul Fazl. I may also cite the Tarikh of Abul Fazl’s death, which the Khán i A’zam Mirzá Kokah is said to have made— Sap) (ofl poo AU) gai jleFl OS The wonderful sword of God’s Prophet cut off the head of the rebel. But Abul Fazl appeared to him in a dream and said, “The date of my death lies in the words U2 91 03, ‘The slave Abul Fazl’—which likewise gives 1011 A. H. Abul Fazl’s works are the following— - [Previous: 2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7.6) - [Next: 2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7.8) - [Up: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.7.7) · Pramāṇa