Storia do Mogor 60.7.6

60.7.6

The grandeur he had attained and the conquests he had made rendered Akbar so proud that by his ordinance no one was allowed to sit down before him, except those of the blood royal. Unto this day this regulation is observed at the court of the Great Mogul. Everybody stands, only ambassadors receiving permission to be seated in the royal presence. Nor was he content with this, but ever grew in pride, as we read in the Holy Scriptures: 'The pride of the enemies of God grows ever more and more' (Superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper). He attempted to found a new sect, a mixture of the faith of the Jews, the Christians, and the Mahomedans, with much taken from the Hindus, adding certain matters invented by himself. His ambition was to display himself as a new founder of the faith, and therefore he entitled himself 'Xa Gelaludim Akebar' (Shah Jalal-ud-din Akbar), which means 'King powerful in the sovereign faith.' But God did not accord him time to accomplish his intention, for, coming to an end of his ill deeds, he procured his own death when trying to kill others by poison, as I now recount to you.