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social science subjects > business and management > leadership (business) > key people in leadership > Akbar the Great
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > key people in global religion > Akbar the Great
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > key people in global religion > Akbar the Great

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Akbar the Great  

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  • Akbar, one of India's greatest Mughal emperors, was touted as one of the most open to diverse religious points of view. But he also used this position of tolerance as a way of consolidating his imperial control over vast regions of the Indian subcontinent. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Akbar]

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