History of India . ed to him by two brilliantbrothers. From the time when Faizi, the mystic poet,joined the emperors suite at the siege of Chitor in1568, and still more when seven years later he intro-duced his young brother, the gentle and enthusiasticscholar Abu-1-Fazl, Akbars mind had been unsettledin religion. He was essentially eclectic, and saw goodin ahnost every form of worship. From his youth hehad delighted in the conversation of scholars and phi-losophers and had shown the greatest deference to reallearning; he had books read aloud to him daily fromhis rich library, and would go thr
History of India . ed to him by two brilliantbrothers. From the time when Faizi, the mystic poet,joined the emperors suite at the siege of Chitor in1568, and still more when seven years later he intro-duced his young brother, the gentle and enthusiasticscholar Abu-1-Fazl, Akbars mind had been unsettledin religion. He was essentially eclectic, and saw goodin ahnost every form of worship. From his youth hehad delighted in the conversation of scholars and phi-losophers and had shown the greatest deference to reallearning; he had books read aloud to him daily fromhis rich library, and would go through them again andagain; and now under the influence of the speculative 34 AKBAES EEFOEMS mind of Abu-1-Pazl—a man of wide ctQture and purespiritual ideals, who recognized Ms hero in his king,and devoted himself to him with his whole heart—hebegan to encourage debates on doctrinal and philosoph-ical questions and displayed an eager curiosity in thediscussions. These debates took place in a hall called the Hall. THE DIVAN-I-KHAS, PATHPUB-SIKKl. of Worship (Ibadat-Khanah—supposed to be identicalwith that now known as the Divan-i-Khas), foundedin 1574 at the city of Pathpur, which had become theemperors favourite residence. The city itself was theoffspring of faith, Akbar, at least in the earlier partof his reign, was a devout visitor of holy places, andfrequented the tombs of Moslem saints. We read againand again how he made solemn pilgrimages to famous
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