THE BEST SIDE OF AKBAR'S TOMB

Salim now carried his father’s bier with the embalming space to the daulatkhana-i-khas-o-aam of his magnificent fortress of Agra. From there, a procession of Sufis and nobles, all barefoot and bareheaded, carried their Emperor throughout the streets of Agra, down the Mughal highway to Lahore and Kashmir. Chanting “Allahu Akbar”, they disperse