Emperor Akbar the Great was one of the six emperors to rule the mighty Mughal Empire in India. In English the word “Akbar” itself means “great,” so his name literally means “great the great.” During his rule as emperor of the Mughal Empire, Akbar made many huge impacts on the empire which would last for the end of his reign and even hundreds of years to come. Akbar is best known for his skills on the battlefield, huge military conquests, administrative genius, and his religious and social tolerance (Mohiuddin).
A great ruler has to have exemplary battle strategy and tactics, and most great rulers are fearless warriors. Akbar has both of these in his favor. He led the way as the Mughals expanded their empire to its peak during his rule (Long). All great rulers also implant steller administrative reforms to keep his or her empire intact, while ensuring the central government has most of the power. These reforms shouldn’t give the central government too much power that it is a dictatorship. Lastly, Akbar’s religious and social tolerance was the aspect of his rule that stuck out through history. He was one of the first and only emperors to encourage all religions, and one of the many to patronize the arts (Mohiuddin). Akbar was an overall great ruler and would have been a great ruler regardless of the time and place he lived.
Akbar was born on October 14, 1542 to his father Humayun. He was the third emperor of the Mughal Dynasty, and ruled from 1556-1605 when he died. This period of time where the Mughals ruled India was known as the Golden Age of Muslims in India (Mohiuddin). The six Mughal emperors were, in order: Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb. Of the six, Akbar is known as the most tolerant and power...
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...). Also, he wouldn’t sell alcohol to Europeans because “they are born in the element of wine, as fish are produced in that of water, and to prohibit them the use of it is to deprive them of life” ("Akbar on Europeans and Alcohol"). This is sort of a tactical strategy, but also shows the humor of Akbar, because he is basically saying alcohol to the Europeans is like water to fish: they can’t live without it. Akbar wasn’t just a strong leader, he was a genuinely nice guy, and any empire he ruled would’ve been proud of that.
Akbar’s military, administrative, and religious actions on the Mughal empire impacted it hugely. He is one of the only emperors to impact an empire in all of these aspects, so it would not have mattered what time period, or what empire he ruled in: the guy was born to rule. If it weren’t for the impactful rule of Akbar, where would India be today?
Akbar was considered the best of the Mughal rulers partly because of his tolerance of all religions. Akbar did his best to unify the Hindus and Muslims by giving both religions positions in the government. Traditionally, only Muslims would could be rulers zamindars while most of the population was Hindu. Akbar also married women of both religions, as an attempt to unify Hindus and Muslims. Akbar himself was interested in religions, inviting different people to discuss other religions with him. Akbar's greatest impact in trying to unite the Hindus and Muslims was creating the Divine Faith religion, but most people did not convert. When Akbar died, the following rulers did not support the same religious tolerance policy that he had. Aurangzeb tried to rid the empire of all Hindu. This caused revolts from both Hindus and Muslims, which created a period of instability allowing Europeans to come and take
I am going to critically review a newspaper article on the death of Hamzah Khan from Bradford. I will discuss the main findings the research methodology and the way in which it may or may not be useful in the contribution to our understanding of child welfare. I will also include information on child abuse and on the different agencies. The newspaper article is called Hamzah Khan: the harrowing story of an 'invisible' child. (Pidd, 2013)
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