[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.c16.68 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.68) 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\*: - [Previous: v4.c16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.67) - [Next: v4.c16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.69) - [Up: v4.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c16.68) · Pramāṇa