The Original Akbar’s Chamber: Inter-Religious Dialogue at the Court of a Mughal Emperor
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The Original Akbar’s Chamber: Inter-Religious Dialogue at the Court of a Mughal Emperor

2021-02-02
In 1575, the Mughal emperor Akbar established the Ibadat-khana, or ‘House of Worship,’ at his Indian capital of Fatehpur Sikri. Over the following years, it would act as a space of religious dialogue between Muslims, Hindus, Zoroastrians, and Jews, along with Christian missionaries of the Jesuit order. By emphasizing the use of aql, or ‘reason,’ these discussions fostered a deeper understanding of other religions that fed in turn into translations of Christian and Hindu religious works into Persian. Through examini...
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