About the defaced tomb of Akbar. William Hodges, https://archive.org/details/travelsinindiadu00hodg Travels in India during the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783.
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This hall was, by order of the Emperor Jehanguire, the son of Acbar, highly decorated with painting and gilding; but in the lapse of time it was found to be gone greatly to decay; and the Emperor Aurungzebe, either from superstition or avarice, ordered it to be entirely defaced, and the walls whitened.
— Akbar
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About Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar I (IPA: əkbər, literally "the great"; 15 October 1542– 27 October 1605), and later Akbar the Great (Urdu: Akbar-e-Azam; literally "Great the Great"), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.
About Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar I (IPA: əkbər, literally "the great"; 15 October 1542– 27 October 1605), and later Akbar the Great (Urdu: Akbar-e-Azam; literally "Great the Great"), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.
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