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Dabestan-e Mazaheb
17th century work examining and comparing South Asian and Middle Eastern religions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dabestan-e Mazaheb (Persian: دبستان مذاهب) "school of religions" is a Persian language work that examines and compares Abrahamic, Dharmic and other religions of the mid-17th century South Asia and the Middle East. Additionally, it has information on various Hellenic philosophical traditions, such as Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism. The work, composed in the mid-17th century, is of uncertain authorship. The text's title is also transliterated as Dabistān-i Mazāhib, Dabistan-e Madahib, or Dabestan-e Madaheb.
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The text is best known for its dedication of an entire chapter to Dīn-i Ilahi, the syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Jalāl ud-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar after 1581 and is possibly the most reliable account of the Ibādat Khāna discussions that led up to this. It is also one of the first works in history to make any mention of Sikhism.