Din-i Ilahi | |
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دینِ الٰهی | |
Type | Syncretic religion |
Classification | Abrahamic and Dhārmic |
Leader | Akbar |
Region | Indian subcontinent |
Founder | Akbar |
Origin | 1582 Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Mughal Empire |
Separated from | Islam |
Defunct | c. 1605[1] |
Members | 19 |
The Dīn-i Ilāhī (Persian: دین الهی, lit. 'Religion of God'),[2] known during its time as Tawḥīd-i-Ilāhī ("Divine Monotheism", lit. 'Oneness of God') or Divine Faith,[3] was a short lived syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582. According to Iqtidar Alam Khan, it was based on the Timurid concept of Yasa-e Changezi (Code of Genghis Khan), to consider all sects as one.[4] The elements were drawn from different religions.
The truth is that Akbar was singularly sensitive to religious impressions of every kind, and that his new religion, the Din-i-Ilahi, or 'divine faith' an eclectic pantheism, contained elements taken from very diverse creeds.