[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) › 376.3.1 # The Book of Akbar 376.3.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 376.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [376.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.3.1) Among the events of this time was the marriage of M. Sharafud-din Husain. The auspicious-minded Shahinshah, who from outward signs knows secrets constantly distinguishes by royal favours and raised to lofty rank a number of persons who come before him, and are noted for good services and loyalty, and in whom high lineage adds to their intrinsic merits. By causing them to revolve continually in his presence he observes and studies their character. For the well-founded idea of the Shahinshah is, “Perchance a knave has put on the garments of the honest and has come into the lists of the elect, and there may occur a fault and a fissure in the pillars of the sovereignty through his wickedness.” It was on the same principle that the sages of old, when they would strip the veil of secrecy from hearts, poured reason-robbing wine into their mouths and made them intoxicated, so that their weak heads gave out from drunkenness whatever secret there was in their minds. Verse. Men try man by the test of wine. And when the intention is right, to give wine of this kind as approved by the dicta of the wise. To overthrow such knavish intelligence and to test it is befitting to world-adorning religion. - [Previous: 376.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.2.8) - [Next: 376.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.3.2) - [Up: 376.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.376.3.1) · Pramāṇa