The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.86

v4.c17.86

Religion was a subject on which he did not think deeply. Though outwardly a Muslim, his fondness for art made him disregard the strict prohibitions of Islām. While he observed many Hindu festivals and customs, he argued against idol worship, and after the capture of Kāngra sacrificed a cow in the temple. Towards Christians he was usually tolerant, and English visitors to his court record that he allowed two of his nephews to be educated by a Jesuit and actually to be baptised, though the conversion was only temporary.