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powerful during his rule. He mixed religion with
aimed at bringing new areas under control, while
politics, this was the reason that his problems under Aurangzeb, these were meant to suppress
never ceased as he had to pass his life suppressing revolts because of his faulty policies.
revolts one after another.
Activity
Info Bits Compare Akbar and Aurangzeb as far as their
Info Bits
relations with other rulers are concerned, in not
The principle of Din-i-Ilahi was called Sulh-i-kul or more than 100 words.
universal peace. Jahangir has described it as thus :
“In the imperial dominions of my father, there was RELATIONS WITH OTHER KINGDOMS
place for the people who professed opposite
religions, and for beliefs, good and bad, and there The relationship of a Mughal ruler with other
was no place for intolerance; and he consistently rulers depended on many aspects. When Akbar
followed the principle of Sulh-i-kul.” conquered the Rajputs, he treated them
honourably and welcomed them in his fold;
Quiz Time therefore, he had amicable relations with them.
He even forged marriage alliances with them and
Tick (3) the right option :
gave them high posts in his administration.
1. Aurangzeb was against art /literature . However, he continued to fight with those rulers

2. Prem Vatika was written by Bihari /Raskhan . who did not accept his authority. This trend
continued during the times of Jahangir and Shah
3. Dara Shikoh /Abdul Hamir Lahori wrote the Jahan. But due to orthodox practices of
Padshahnamah.
Aurangzeb, this trend was reversed. He
4. Akbar allowed /did not allow religion to mix with conquered Shivaji, a Maratha ruler, but humiliated
politics. him, due to which his relations with the Marathas
were strained and his problems never ceased
during his entire lifetime.
REVOLTS, WARS OF SUCCESSION
AND MILITARY CAMPAIGNS F ind Outind Out

All Mughal emperors had to confront revolts from
time to time. The chief reasons for revolt were Find out the reasons of conflict between the
dissatisfaction from the central authority, Mughals and the Marathas during Aurangzeb’s
weakness of the central authority or willingness to reign.
form an independent kingdom. Moreover,
whenever a Mughal emperor died, the war of CASE STUDY : AKBAR
succession broke out among those who claimed Akbar got the Akbarnama written about himself
the throne. This aspect reached its extreme which tells us about many aspects of Akbar’s rule
towards the end of Shah Jahan’s rule when a war and policies.
of succession broke out when he was still alive.
Relations with Other Rulers : Akbar undertook
The entire Mughal period saw a large number of military campaigns to bring new territories under
military campaigns which were conducted for a his control, but it was not the only method to do
variety of purposes. Military campaigns were so. He also offered a hand of
initiated to bring new areas under the Mughal friendship to those rulers who
empire. Many battles were fought to suppress wanted to accept his suzerainty.
revolts too. The policies of a ruler also determined He did not interfere with their
the number of military campaigns. Military internal matters. He treated
campaigns during Akbar’s time were chiefly such rulers on an equal footing
Akbar
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