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===Din-i Ilahi===
[[File:Jesuits at Akbar's court.jpg|thumb|upright|Akbar the Great holding a court discussing theology]]

In the 16th century, the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperor]] [[Akbar]] proposed a new religion called the [[Din-i Ilahi]] ("Divine Faith"). Sources disagree with respect to whether it was one of many Sufi orders or merged some of the elements of the various religions of his empire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dīn-i Ilāhī {{!}} Indian religion|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Din-i-Ilahi|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Roychoudhury |first=Makhanlal |year=1941 |title=The Din-i-Ilahi, or, The Religion of Akbar |publisher=University of Calcutta |page=306 |oclc=3312929 |quote=Din-i-Ilahi ... was not a new religion; it was a Sufi order ... in which all the principles enunciated are to be found in the Quran and in the practices in the contemporary Sufi orders.}}</ref> Din-i Ilahi drew elements primarily from [[Islam]] and [[Hinduism]] but also from [[Christianity]], [[Jainism]], and [[Zoroastrianism]]. More resembling a [[personality cult]] than a religion, it had no sacred scriptures, no priestly hierarchy, and fewer than 20 disciples, all hand-picked by Akbar himself.  It is also accepted that the policy of ''sulh-i-kul'', which formed the essence of the Dīn-i Ilāhī, was adopted by Akbar as a part of general imperial administrative policy. ''Sulh-i-kul'' means "universal peace".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/804548/why-putting-less-mughal-history-in-school-textbooks-might-not-be-a-bad-idea|title=Why putting less Mughal history in school textbooks may be a good idea|date=7 March 2016 }} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/912757835 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/911397953 cite #12 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/finding-tolerance-in-akba_b_3031746|title=Finding Tolerance in Akbar, the Philosopher-King| date=10 April 2013 }} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/912757835 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/911397953 cite #13 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref>