Plz tell me very short incidence related to the life of the akbar
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I came across this recorded incident and was filled with admiration, at the confidence of Birbal; in answering tricky questions posed to test his intelligence.
One day the Chief Eunuch [Khvaja-sara] said to Akbar Badshah, "Janab Birbal is very quick-witted. He ought to be asked a question to which he can give no answer." The king said, "What you say will be asked [of him]." The Chief Eunuch said, "Today please ask Birbal where the center of the earth is, and how many stars there are in the sky, and how many men and women there are in the world." Hearing this, the king said, "It's true; good. Call Birbal." As he was saying this, Birbal appeared. The king asked Birbal those very questions which the Chief Eunuch had told him. Birbal, having heard them, said, "I will give the answer to them tomorrow." With these words, he went to his house.
At dawn, Birbal, taking a hammer and an iron nail, presented himself in the king's service. The king, as soon as he saw his face, said, "Birbal has brought the answers to our questions of yesterday." He said, "Your Majesty, I am at your service." With these words he drove the nail into the midst of the royal palace, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the center of the earth. If you don't believe me, have it measured." Hearing this excellent answer, the king fell silent. And when he asked the answer to the second question, Birbal brought a ram to stand before him: "Your Majesty, as many hairs as there are on its body, there are just so many stars in the sky. If there's any doubt of this, please count them."
[Then Birbal said,] "I have also brought the correct answer to the third question. But one matter has thrown me into perplexity. It is this: in which reckoning should the eunuchs be counted? They are neither women nor men. Thus the idea has come to me that if all the eunuchs in the world were to be killed, the account would become correct." Hearing this, the king laughed very much and the Chief Eunuch was inwardly very much ashamed. And the king, rewarding Birbal, gave him leave to depart. [pp. 39-40]
Credits: From the Urdu jestbook Hikayat-e Birbal kamil, har cahar hissah, by the arrangement of Malik Chiragh ud-Din. Lahore: Matba` Kaikstan [Caxton?] Press, 1920. 96 p. [India Office Library, Urdu F105.]'
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