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no putti heralding the emperor from the heavens and no representation of his vast domains in the background

prized among the Mughals for its talismanic properties of protection during battle

negligence of duties and rebellion against his father did little to build his case in Badshah Akbar’s eyes

he writes: "There was room in the expanse of my exalted father's peerless realm for practitioners of various sects and religions

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