The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.68
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.68
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Akbar was now, at the instigation and with the assistance of Shaikh Mubārak and his sons, Faizī and Abu-'l-Fazl, preparing to assume spiritual as well as temporal authority over his subjects. As a first step he decided personally to recite the *khutba*, following the example of Muhammad and his successors, the Caliphs. Faizī composed for him a *khutba* in verse, followed by selected texts and the opening chapter of the Korān; and on 26 June, 1579, the anniversary of Muhammad's birth, he ascended the pulpit of the principal mosque of Fathpur Sīkrī and recited Faizī's effusion and the rest of the *khutba*: