SECRET WILL OF BADSHAH BABAR TO PRINCE HUMAYUN:
“O son, the kingdom of India is full of different
religions. Praised be the Almighty God that He bestowed upon thee its
sovereignty. It is incumbent of thee to wide all religious prejudices off the
tablet of the heart; administer justice according to the ways of every
religion.
Avoid especially the sacrifice of the cow by which thou can
capture the hearts of the people of India; and subjects of this country may be
bound up with royal obligations. “Do not ruin the temples and shrines of
any community who the laws of governments. Administer justice in such a manner
that the king be please with the subjects and the subjects with king.
The cause of Islam can be more promoted by the wound of
obligation than by the sword of tyranny. “Overlook the dissensions of the
shias and Sunni, else the weakness of Islam will manifest.
And let the subjects of
different beliefs be harmonised in conformity with the four elements (of which)
the human body is harmoniously composed, so that the body of the kingdom may be
free from different diseases. The memoirs of Taimur, the master of
conjunction (i.e. fortune) should always be before the eyes, so that thou mayst
become experienced in the affairs of administrations.”
1st Jamadi-ul Awal, 935 A.H.
§ THE FIRMAN OF JALLALUDDIN
MUHAMMAD AKBAR SHAH
“GRANTED to the Jains in guttering the Rights of Worship and the
exercise of their religion and doctrine throughout out Empire and dominions.
One can kill an animal on those mountains of Shantrunjaya in the
Palitana state in Kathiavar. It is but proper that the Jain should perform his
devotions with composure of heart. Let no one ever oppose or make objection to
the decree. Let the orders contained in the Firman be acted upon and carried
out.”
The second edict is from the Emperor Jahangir in similar terms:-
“The third Firman is from Shahjahan who confirms the preceding
documents. Then we have another granting greater liberty. He emphasizes that
every year new order shall not be demanded but that those whom it concerns
shall not serve from what is here commanded.”
§ According to Islamic
Gorakshan, later Mughal sovereigns of India such as Muhammad Shah and Shah
Alam prohibited cow-slaughter.
--Travels in the Moghal Empire, Bernier
(Dr. Syed Mahmud, Ph.D. who obtained a facsimile copy of the
said wills, preserved in the Bhopal State Library)
All the foregoing account vividly shows as to have careful even
the mighty Moghul sovereigns were in not hurting the feelings of Hindus.
Subtitle-10: FATWA OF MISRA
GOVERNMENT
FATWA OF MISRA GOVERNMENT:
“THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLISHED LEGAL FATWA BY THE HEADS OF THE
FOUR MUSLIM SECTS RECOMMENDING MUSLIMS NOT TO KILL MORE THAN ONE SHEEP ON THE
OCCASION OF THE BAKRAID FEAST WHICH FALLS ON THE 8TH INSTANT.”
--Egyptian Mail Cairo
3rd Oct, 1910
