[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 350.9 # The Book of Akbar 350.9 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 350.9 - **Language:** English ### [350.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350.9) This Shaikh was the younger brother of Shaikh Bahlūl who has already been mentioned as having been put to death by Though these two brothers were void of excellencies or learning, they at various times lived in mountain hermitages and practised incantations with the Divine Names. They made these the proofs of their renown and credibility, and obtaining, by the help of easily-deceived simpletons, the society of princes and amirs, they put saintship to sale and acquired lands and villages by fraud. His elder brother was in the service of H.M. Jahanbani Jinnat Ashiyani, and as the latter was inclined towards magic he held the Shaikh in reverence. The Shaikh (Bahlul) also used privately and when in the company of simple ones to boast of his having relations with H.M. Jahanbani of devotion and of teachership. At the time of the sedition of Sher Khan, as his elder brother had lost his life from his loyalty to H.M. Jahanbani, and as people regarded his family as appertaining to the enduring dominion (of the imperial family) the Shaikh had, from fear of being ill-treated by the Afghans, gone to Gujrat. When the vast country of India had been irradiated by the light of the Shahinshah’s fortune and had become a periphery of peace and quiet, the Shaikh came with his sons and grandsons to Agra and presented himself at Court, and was received there with honour. - [Previous: 350.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350.8) - [Next: 350.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350.10) - [Up: 350](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.350.9) · Pramāṇa