The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.103

v4.c16.103

By means of bribery and pressure eighteen more or less prominent converts, including one Hindu, Rājā Bīrbal, were secured for the Divine Faith. Mān Singh, at a later period, bluntly replied to Akbar’s overtures, “If discipleship means willingness to sacrifice one’s life, I have already carried my life in my hand: what need is there of further proof? But if it has another meaning, and refers to faith, I am a Hindu. If you order me to do so I will become a Muslim, but I know not of the existence of any other religion than these two.”