[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) › 396.4 # The Book of Akbar 396.4 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 396.4 - **Language:** English ### [396.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396.4) If the husbands have taken the path of insolence, how is it the fault of the wives, and if the fathers have chosen the road of opposition what fault have the children committed? Moreover the wives and innocent children of such factions are not munitions of war! In addition to these sound reasons there was the fact that many covetous and blind-hearted persons from vain imaginings or unjust thoughts, or merely out of cupidity attacked villages and estates and plundered them, and when questioned about it said a thousand things and behaved with neglect and indifference. But when final orders were passed for the abolition of this practice, no tribe was afterwards oppressed by wicked persons on suspicion of sedition. As the purposes of the Shahinshah were entirely right and just, the blissful result ensued that the wild and rebellious inhabitants of portions of India placed the ring of devotion in the ear of obedience, and became the materials of world-empire. Both was religion set in order, for its essence is the distribution of justice, and things temporal were regulated, for their perfection lies in the obedience of mankind. - [Previous: 396.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396.3) - [Next: 396.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396.5) - [Up: 396](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.396.4) · Pramāṇa