Akbar's Religious Policy and Theory of Sulh-I Kul
Jalaluddin Akbar Akbar's religious policy is distinguished mainly on two aspects-his state policies and his own personal ideas and beliefs. His policies tended to be liberal and his general treatment towards the Hindus healed strife and bitterness and produced an environment of harmony and goodwill where there had been racial and religious antagonism of a most distressing character. Some recent researchers on Akbar, have tended to focus on the factors contributing to the rise of his policy of religious tolerance based on the principle of S ulh-i kul , or 'absolute peace'. According to Iqtidar Alam Khan, ''Akbar's religious policies are often linked to his transformation of the nobility into a composite ruling group including within its ranks a fairly large number of Shias and Rajputs. There has been far less concentration on the nature of Akbar's personal world outlook and of the ideological influences that went to shape it and his religious pol...