Din-i Ilahi

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imperial cult religious movement syncretic religious doctrine

Din-i Ilahi was a syncretic religious doctrine created by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the late 16th century that sought to blend elements of Islam, Hinduism, and other faiths into a unified ethical and spiritual system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Din-i Ilahi canonical 5
Din-i-Ilahi 1
Dīn-i Ilāhī 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial cult ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
syncretic religious doctrine ⓘ
aim create a common ethical framework ⓘ
strengthen imperial authority ⓘ
unify followers of different religions ⓘ
alternativeName Divine Faith ⓘ
Tawhid-i Ilahi ⓘ
coreTenet celibacy for some adherents ⓘ
charity ⓘ
emperor veneration ⓘ
emphasis on morality ⓘ
emphasis on reason ⓘ
ethical universalism ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
piety ⓘ
rejection of religious bigotry ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
vegetarianism for some adherents ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
creator Akbar ⓘ
criticizedBy Badauni ⓘ
decline after Akbar's death ⓘ
under Aurangzeb ⓘ
under Jahangir ⓘ
documentedBy Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ⓘ
surface form: Abu'l-Fazl
documentedIn Ain-i Akbari ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfAdherents dozens ⓘ
very small ⓘ
follows monotheism ⓘ
foundedBy Akbar ⓘ
founder Akbar ⓘ
hasPart code of conduct ⓘ
ethical system ⓘ
spiritual practices ⓘ
historicalAssessment never became a mass religion ⓘ
often described as an ethical order rather than a full religion ⓘ
historicalContext Mughal religious debates at the Ibadat Khana ⓘ
reign of Akbar ⓘ
inception 1582 ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy Bhakti movement ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shi'a Islam

Sufism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
languageOfExpression Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Sanskrit (influences) ⓘ
membershipPolicy highly selective ⓘ
restricted to Akbar's close courtiers ⓘ
notableAdherent Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ⓘ
surface form: Abu'l-Fazl

Birbal ⓘ
opposedBy orthodox Sunni ulama ⓘ
patron Akbar ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Fatehpur Sikri ⓘ
region northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India

South Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Akbar's policy of religious tolerance ⓘ
Sulh-i Kul ⓘ
religiousCenter Fatehpur Sikri ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akbar → associatedWith → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
Ibadat Khana → relatedConcept → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
Navaratnas of Akbar → associatedWith → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
Badauni → criticized → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
Tawhid-i Ilahi → alternateName → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
Divine Faith → alsoKnownAs → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dīn-i Ilāhī
Divine Faith → alsoKnownAs → Din-i Ilahi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Din-i-Ilahi