In the early 1650s in Mughal India ‘Mobad’ (Kaikhusrau Isfandyār) wrote a remarkable work, titled Dabistān, devoted to a description of the world's major religions. He adopted an avowedly objective approach that he strives to maintain throughout. An account of the religious tendencies under Akbar is offered in a long concluding chapter, dedicated to Islam. The account is given in two nearly totally different versions. In Version A, Akbar is credited with supernatural powers, with many anecdotes offered of their exercise. In Version B, all such anecdotes have been deleted and replaced by an extensive account of inter-religious debates held under Akbar, in which Christian (and Jewish) objections to Islamic traditions figure prominently. This version also seems to have been the major source of the belief current in later times that Akbar established a sect of his own under the designation of dīn-i ilāhī. In both versions the section on Akbar closes with the insightful observation that Akbar's policy of forming a nobility composed of diverse racial and religious elements was designed to protect the monarchy from any possibility of a unified aristocratic opposition.

1650 年代初期，印度莫卧儿王朝的“Mobad”（Kai kh usrau Isfandyār）写了一部名为《Dabistān》的非凡著作，专门描述了世界上的主要宗教。他采取了一种公开的客观态度，并努力自始至终保持这种态度。最后一章专门介绍伊斯兰教，对阿克巴领导下的宗教倾向进行了描述。该叙述有两个几乎完全不同的版本。在版本 A 中，阿克巴被认为具有超自然力量，并提供了许多有关其行使的轶事。在 B 版中，所有此类轶事都被删除，取而代之的是对阿克巴领导下举行的宗教间辩论的广泛描述，其中基督教（和犹太教）对伊斯兰传统的反对占据了显着位置。这个版本似乎也是后来流行的信仰的主要来源，即阿克巴以dīn-i ilāhī的名称建立了自己的教派。在这两个版本中，关于阿克巴的部分都以富有洞察力的观察结束，即阿克巴组建由不同种族和宗教元素组成的贵族的政策旨在保护君主制免受任何可能的统一贵族反对的影响。