[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari) › [Tabakat-i Akbari of Nizamu-d din Ahmad (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot) › 72.3 # The Akbarī Generations 72.3 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 72.3 - **Language:** English ### [72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72.3) The Emperor used to keep every year the anniversary of the Prophet's birth. This year he kept it on the 12th Rabi'u-l awwal, and he gave a great entertainment, at which the saiyids, learned men, shaikhs, and amirs attended. Open table was kept, and no one in the city was debarred from partaking of the refreshments. On this occasion it was represented to him that the Prophet and the four lawful Khalifas used themselves to preach. The 'Abbaside Khalifas also observed this tradition, and themselves used to speak. Sultans such as Sahib Kiran Amir Timur and Mirza Ulugh Beg used to follow the examples thus set them. His Majesty therefore felt it to be his duty to carry into practice on some Friday the custom observed by the Khalifas and Imams. On Friday, 1st Jumada-l awwal, he went into the Masjid-i jama' of Fathpur, and mounting the pulpit, he opened his speech with these lines : The Lord who gave me empire, Gave me a wise heart and a strong arm, Guided me in the way of justice and equity, And drove all but justice from my thoughts. His praise surpasses understanding ! Great is His power — Great is God ! To these eloquent lines he briefly added some verses of the Kuran, expressing thanks for mercies and favours ; then he repeated the fatiha, and came down from the pulpit and said his prayers. - [Previous: 72.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72.2) - [Next: 72.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72.4) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.72.3) · Pramāṇa