Question

What was the policy of sulahkul

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Sulh-i-kul introduced by Akbar is a secular policy intending to promote universal peace. Based on sufi principle of religious tolerance. The new religion developed by Akbar known as Din-i-Ilahi has its genesis in Sulh-i-kul .

Akbar’s ‘Sule-Kul’ or his policy of reconciliation and liberalism in religious matters was greatly influenced by his Hindu mother, his guardian and tutor Bairam Khan and Abdul Latif respectively, his contact with philosophers and scholars like Sheikh Mubark and his sons Faizi and Abdul Fazal, his contact with Rajputs, his contact with other religions and his political ambition to expand and strengthen his empire with the cooperation of all religions.