ul ous ▁wealth ▁of ▁the ▁M ug hal ▁court , ▁but ▁the ▁gl itter ing ▁court ▁hid ▁dark er ▁real ities , ▁namely ▁that ▁about ▁a ▁quarter ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire ' s ▁gross ▁national ▁product ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁ 6 5 5 ▁families ▁while ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁India ' s ▁ 1 2 0 ▁million ▁people ▁lived ▁in ▁app alling ▁pover ty . ▁After ▁suffering ▁what ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁an ▁ep ile ptic ▁se iz ure ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 8 ▁while ▁hunting ▁t ig ers , ▁which ▁he ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁religious ▁experience , ▁Ak bar ▁grew ▁dis en ch anted ▁with ▁Islam , ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁em brace ▁a ▁syn cret istic ▁mixture ▁of ▁H indu ism ▁and ▁Islam . ▁Ak bar ▁allowed ▁freedom ▁of ▁religion ▁at ▁his ▁court , ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁resolve ▁so cio - polit ical ▁and ▁cultural ▁differences ▁in ▁his ▁emp ire ▁by ▁establish ing ▁a ▁new ▁religion , ▁Din - i - I la hi , ▁with ▁strong ▁characteristics ▁of ▁a ▁r uler ▁cult . ▁He ▁left ▁his ▁son ▁an ▁internally ▁stable ▁state , ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁its ▁golden ▁age , ▁but ▁before ▁long ▁signs ▁of ▁political ▁weak ness ▁would ▁emer ge . ▁▁ ▁Ak bar ' s ▁son , ▁Jah ang ir , ▁" was ▁add icted ▁to ▁op ium , ▁neglect ed ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁the ▁state , ▁and ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁rival ▁court ▁cli ques ". ▁During ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Jah ang ir ' s