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THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY – PART II devotion towards non-Muslim religious leaders. These grants were made by several Mughal rulers, including Akbar and Aurangzeb. Source 5
A church in Khambat Fig. 6.7 A Mughal painting depicting Emperor Jahangir with a Jogi
This is an excerpt from a farman (imperial order) issued by Akbar in 1598: Whereas it reached our eminent and holy notice that the padris (fathers) of the Holy Society of Jesus wish to build a house of prayer (church) in the city of Kambayat (Khambat, in Gujarat); therefore an exalted mandate … is being issued, … that the dignitaries of the city of Kambayat should in no case stand in their way but should allow them to build a church so that they may engage themselves in their own worship. It is necessary that the order of the Emperor should be obeyed in every way.
Who were the people from whom Akbar anticipated opposition to his order?
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Reverence for the Jogi Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Aurangzeb to a Jogi in 1661-62: The possessor of the sublime station, Shiv Murat, Guru Anand Nath Jio! May your Reverence remain in peace and happiness ever under the protection of Sri Shiv Jio! … A piece of cloth for the cloak and a sum of twenty five rupees which have been sent as an offering will reach (Your Reverence) … Your Reverence may write to us whenever there is any service which can be rendered by us.
Identify the deity worshipped by the Jogi. Describe the attitude of the emperor towards the Jogi.