[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c16.136 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.136 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.136 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.136) Akbar now learned that his foster-brother, Khān A'zam, who had fled to Mecca in 1593 rather than embrace the Divine Faith, had returned to India, having landed at Verāval, in Kāthiāwār. Akbar sent him a robe of honour, and he reached Lahore in 1594. The holy men of Mecca had plundered him so shamelessly that he was disgusted with orthodoxy and very readily abjured Islām, shaved his beard, and became a disciple of the Divine Faith. For a convert so distinguished and so beloved nothing was too good. His rank and title were restored to him and he was offered his choice of the provinces of Gujarāt, the Punjab, and Bihār, and chose the last. - [Previous: v4.c16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.135) - [Next: v4.c16.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.137) - [Up: v4.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.136) · Pramāṇa