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a few lessons in Christianity, ' by way of auspicioiisness,' and the 

 young prince, instead of saying in the commencement of his lesson 

 the Muhanimadan formula, ' In the name of God the Clement and 

 Merciful,' was taught to say — 



Ai nam tu Jesus o Kiristo, 



(0 thou whose names are Jesus and Christ !) 



Akbar's disciples were chiefly Mnhammadans. With the exception 

 of Bir Bar, who was a man of profligate habits, the name of no 

 Hindu member is mentioned, either by Abulfazl or Badaoni. There 

 may have been a few Hindus, because Badaoni mentions that Akbar 

 promoted Hindus on becoming members of the Divine Faith, though 

 he did so rarely in the case of Muhammadans. The old Rajah Bhaga- 

 wan Das, Rajah Todar Mall, and Kajah Man Singh remained staunch, 

 though Akbar tried hard to convert them. Of the Muhammadan 

 members of the Divine Faith, Badaoni says : " They behaved like 

 Hindus converted to the Islam." The following were members : — 



1. Abulfazl. 



2. Faizi, his brother, Akbar's court-poet. 



3. Shaikh Mubarik, of Nagor, their father. 



4. Ja'far Beg A'yaf Khan, of Qazwin, a historian and poet. 



5. Qasim i Kahi, a poet. 



6. Abduccamad, Akbar's court-painter ; also a poet. 



7. A'zam Khan Kokah, Akbar's foster brother, after his return 

 from Makkah. 



8. Mulla Shah Muhammad of Shahabad, a historian. 



9. faff Ahmad. 



10 to 12. £adr Jahan, the crown-lawyer, and his two sons. 



13. Mir Sharif of A'mul, Akbar's apostle for Bengal. 



14. Sultan Khwajah, a cadr. 



15. Mirza Jani, chief of T 'hat 'hah. 



16. Taqi oi Shustar, a poet and commander of two hundred. 



17. Shaikhzadah Gosalah of Banaras. 



18. Bir Bar. 



From the year 1593, when the law of perfect toleration was pro- 

 mulgated, our information regarding the Divine Faith gradually 

 ceases. Badaoni's History ends with 1595, and in the next year j 

 the greater part of Abullazl's A'in was completed. 



