The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.104
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.104
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Khān A‘zam, Akbar’s foster-brother, long resisted his importunities, and in 1593 fled to Mecca. He returned from his pilgrimage so disgusted with the rapacity of the guardians and attendants of the sacred shrine of Islām that he accepted, at length, the Divine Faith, but its disciples seem never to have numbered more than a few thousands of all classes. It languished after the murder of Abu-’l-Fazl, its high priest, in 1602, and on Akbar’s death in 1605 it ceased to exist.