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Write short essay on Implications of Akbar’s notions of Sulh-i-kul.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Akbar

Sulh-i-kul was not merely a personal creed of Akbar's; once adopted as state policy after the Mahzar of 1579, it reshaped how the Mughal state recruited, legitimised itself, and expanded — and its later abandonment carried consequences of its own.

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