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ABAKA KHAN

Volume 1 · 92 words · 1797 Edition

the 18th emperor of the Moguls, a wise and clement prince. He reigned 17 years, and is by some authors said to have been a Christian. It may be admitted, indeed, that he joined with the Christians in keeping the feast of Easter, in the city Hanadou, some short time before his death. But this is no proof of his Christianity; it being common, in times of brotherly love, for Christians and Mahometans to join in keeping the same feasts, when each would compliment the other with doing honour to his solemnity.