HAD EMPEROR AKBAR A DISTASTE FOR NON VEGETARIAN FOOD …?

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AKBAR 'S DARBAAR PAINTED BY KESHAV LAL OR KESU LAL..

HAD   EMPEROR   JALAL UD  DIN     AKBAR  A  DISTASTE  FOR NON  VEGETARIAN  FOOD  …?

I have come across so many references with regard to eating habits  of Emperor  AKBAR. I quote two most authentic  :

“ The emperor ate sparingly  , taking  flesh during  three or four months of the year . His diet  at other  times consisted of  Milk , Rice , and sweetmeats “
( Source ..  Book “ Akbar and the  Jesuits   “  by Father  Piere Du jarric    Page 206 }

“ His majesty abstains  much from flesh , so that whole months pass away without his touching animal food, which though prized by most is nothing  thought of by the  the sage."

( Page 155 Ain I Akbari By  Abu I Fazal Volume 1 translation by Henry Blochmann )

And  Abu I Fazal goes on to write :

“ It is indeed from ignorance and cruelty that , although various kinds of food are obtainable , men are bent upon injuring living creatures and are lending a ready hand in killing and eating them; None seems to have an eye for the beauty inherent in prevention of cruelty but makes himself a tomb for animals."

( Autar Mota )

PS

(1)
 Akbar had many Hindu Artists in his court .  They worked under Khwaja Abdul Samad from shiraz , a master artist who  headed  his Painting  Department. Some Prominent miniature Mughal  Artists in Akbar’s court were  Mukund,Basawan,Jagan , Madhu ,  Daswant ,Mahesh , Keshav  lal, Ram ji, Tara , Sanwala , Khem karan and  Hari Vansh ( Haribansh ) . HariBansh and  Daswant  were Akbar’s  favourite painters.
(2)
Father Piere Du Jarric  ( 1566 -1617 )was a Missionary Traveler , Writer and Philosopher .

(3)

Ain-i-Akbari (Persian) is a 16th-century, comprehensive  document recording the administration of  Akbar's empire, written by his  friend and courtier  Abu'l-Fazl  . It has five volumes all translated to English .Two volumes ( I and II ) have been translated to English by Henry Ferdinand Blochmann ( 1838 – 1878),  a German orientalist  and scholar of Persian language  who spent most of his career in India.


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