Akbar Birbal Stories

One day two businessmen named Sevamal and Mandbudh came to Akbar's court seeking for a resolution to their dispute. Sevamal complained that last month, he had lent Mandbudh some money but now Mandbudh is refusing to pay him back. He complained that, in fact, Mandbudh is disagreeing with the fact of ever taking money from him. Akbar asked Mandbudh his part of the story and Mandbudh told that Sevamal is just lying and trying to hurt his business. Akbar then asked Birbal to get to the conclusion of the matter and to find out who is lying.
Birbal heard the story from both sides and then decides to visit the market to know more about them. He sent his servant to the market and on his return, he tells Birbal that everyone considers Sevamal to be a very humble man whereas Mandbudh is a clever and selfish person. Birbal then gets an idea and asks his servant again to put one gold coin each in two separate bowls of ghee and then to sell it to both Sevamal and Mandbudh. The next day Akbar declares Mandbudh as the real culprit as he never returned the gold coin but Sevamal being a humble person returned it which proves that Mandbudh is a liar and is capable of committing a false deed. Akbar then punishes Mandbudh and orders him to give back the money.

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Birbal is one of the closest mates of Akbar but there was a time when Akbar was so angry with Birbal that he ordered Birbal to leave his kingdom forever. Birbal without any complaint left and stayed in a far-off village for months. Akbar was very sad without Birbal being around him so he decided to look for him. He sent his men all over the kingdom but no one could trace him. Then Akbar came up with an idea.

Akbar announced that whoever will come to visit the king in half sunlight and half shade will be rewarded. Everyone wished to try but none could succeed. When Birbal got to know about this quest, he asked his neighbor to keep a woven bed on his head and to visit the court. The man did as Birbal asked him to and was rewarded. Akbar knew that this can’t be the solution for the villager, so asked him to reveal the real brain behind this. The villager then informed Akbar that a Brahmin man was staying in his village for a few months and he gave him the idea to do so. Akbar ordered his guards to bring Birbal back and this way he got his gem back again.
 

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One evening, when Akbar and Birbal were sitting together in the garden, Akbar requested Birbal to get him ox milk as it is required to prepare some medicine. Birbal understood that Akbar is trying to fool him but Birbal being Birbal assured Akbar that he would get it for him. On returning home, Birbal was trying to figure out the solution but could barely think of one. Then his daughter on hearing the story promised Birbal that Akbar would get his answer in a week. 
Two days later Birbal's daughter came up with a solution. In the middle of the night, she took a pile of clothes and went near the river to wash them. She started beating and washing the clothes so loudly that Akbar, who lived near the river, woke up and ordered his guards to check what was the matter. The guards then asked her to come along with them to the court where the girl explained her misery. She said that her father gave birth to a baby and she was busy all day looking after them,  so she had no time to wash clothes during the day. Akbar furiously questioned her that how can any man give birth to a baby. Birbal's daughter taking the advantage of the situation asked Akbar rhetorically how can an ox produce milk then? Akbar understood his mistake and happily rewarded Birbal's daughter.
 

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Akbar once was having a conversation with his barber Karim. Karim asked Akbar a question as if he has heard any news of his ancestors from heaver ever. Akbar was confused as to how something like that could be possible and Karim told him that Brahmins like Birbal have special powers to go to heaven and return back. Akbar then went to enquire from Birbal if that was possible and he immediately understood the plot to get rid of him. Birbal agrees with this and said he will need 6 months and some money to do so.
Using time and money, Birbal dug a secret tunnel from cremation ground all the way to his home. On the selected day, he secretly slipped back to his house. Then after a few months, he presented himself in front of the Emperor. Akbar was very pleased to see him and Birbal told him that he met his father in heaven. His father was very happy there but he had complained of not having any good barbers in heaven and have thus requested for the royal barber to be sent to heaven. Poor Karim was this stuck in his own net and finally had to spill the beans as to how some other courtiers have allured him into this plot to get rid of Birbal. Akbar was also ashamed to hear this all and rewarded Birbal for his cleverness and wisdom.
 

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One day a minister in Akbar's court brought up quite a weird topic. He came across a person in the market who used to work as a servant in a rich person's house but was asked to leave by his master because he considered his servant to be a fool. The servant polity left, but before leaving, he mentioned to his master that the master doesn’t know how to value a person. Upon hearing this everyone present in the court got very confused. They all wondered how can a person's value be measured. Therefore everyone requested Akbar to find a solution to this confusion. In the next meeting, Akbar decided to take an example of himself and asked everyone what do they think of Akbar's value.
Birbal as always had a solution and thus recommended Akbar to call all the jewellers and money lenders of his kingdom. Akbar asked the same question to them and gave them a time of 15 days to properly evaluate his own value. He even asked Birbal to accompany them for 15 days. After the stipulate time, everyone again came back to the court. The head of the jewellers ordered for scales and asked Akbar to sit on one side wherein on the other side he started to place gold coins. Suddenly one jeweller from the crowd started shouting "Got it! Got it!" which made Akbar very angry. He angrily responded, "Is my worth equal to just one gold coin?" Then the jeweller explained that the gold coin is not any ordinary one. Just like Akbar is the king, similarly that gold coin is special and greatest of all. This made Akbar so happy that he rewarded the jewellers with big prizes.
 

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One day Birbal suggested to Emperor Akbar that if he ever makes a mistake, then Akbar should let Birbal choose the jury to decide the quantum of his punishment. One fateful day when Birbal did something wrong and was to be punished, Akbar let him choose his jury as promised. Birbal called for 5 cobblers to decide his punishment. They were very pleased to help Birbal but they also found it a very good opportunity to seek revenge from him since long back Birbal tricked them all. The first cobbler asked Birbal to pay a fine of 150 gold coins. The second cobbler thought that it was a hefty amount and might affect his family, so he reduced the fine by 20 coins from the original amount. Even the others continued to reduce the fine and finally it was decided to charge Birbal a fine of 40 gold coins only. Akbar understood why Birbal decided to choose his punishment because for a cobbler even 20 coins a year is a very big deal, so this way Birbal saved himself from a huge punishment.   

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King Akbar was a very popular and well-known king. It was because of him that all the other kings lived in peace together. One day a king of a different place, King Faizal, decided to meet the witty Birbal and see his intelligence in person. The king took a disguise of a farmer and left for Delhi to meet Birbal. On his way, he saw a old lame man asking for help. The old man wanted to go to Delhi but no one would listen to his request. King Faizal felt bad for him and decided to help the man. He helped the man to climb the horse and they resumed their journey to Delhi again.

When they reached Delhi, King Faizal asked the old man to step down of the horse. Instead the old man started shouting and pretended to be the owner of the horse. He even accused King Faizal of being a thief who was trying to steal the horse. King Faizal was so astonished that he had no clue what to say, so they decided to visit the court of Akbar for a fair judgment. Akbar asked Birbal to look into the matter and find a solution. Birbal as always quickly came up with a plan. He took both of them in the horse shed where there were several horses and asked them to identify the horse that belonged to them. The old man failed to do so but King Faizal instantly figured out his horse. This way Birbal once again managed to solve a case and King Faizal was highly impressed with his cleverness.
 

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Once, Akbar declared that whoever will be able to read the other person's mind and voice his thoughts properly will be awarded five thousand gold coins. Astrologers and noblemen from all across the country came to undertake the test but the ministers of Akbar's court would deny the reward for everyone. They will change their mind at the last minute and even if someone guessed correctly, they would reply "No, No! I was not thinking about this. This is wrong"  

Finally, a Brahmin who was an expert in this decided to take on the challenge. He has understood the tricks of the ministers that they did not want anyone to win. So he went directly to Birbal for help and Birbal gave him the task of making Birbal's astrological chart just by looking at his face. The Brahmin was exemplary great in his skill and completed the task effortlessly. Birbal was very pleased and decided to help him out.   

The Brahmin then went to the court and accepted Akbar's challenge. When Akbar asked what’s going on in the mind of each nobleman there, Brahmin said," All the ministers are thinking of Akbar's long life, protection of his throne and well being of the kingdom." Everyone had to agree to his answer as no one dared to demean the king. Akbar was very pleased with the Brahmin and asked him a second question. The boy again answered with intelligence and Akbar happily offered him five thousand gold coins.   

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One day a priest came in the court of Akbar with his wrist full of golden bangles and threw a challenge to Akbar. He suggested he will question the nobleman of Akbar’s court and if he loses, all the bangles that he has collected from great men all across the world will be Akbar’s but if he wins, Akbar will have to offer him another golden bangle.

Birbal was summoned to face the challenge and the priest started questioning him. The priest asked Birbal four questions and Birbal, as usual, answered each one of them with his sheer wit. Everyone in the court started praising Birbal and the priest understood that he has lost therefore he gave all his bangles to Akbar and left.

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It is known by all how much Akbar was fond of Birbal and considered him to be one of his dear friends. But one day Akbar got frustrated with him and Birbal, unable to understand Akbar’s mood, kept on cracking jokes on him. Suddenly Akbar burst out in anger asked Birbal to leave his palace and never return back. Birbal left in peace thinking that once Akbar's temper cools down, he will be summoned back to the court.

Days passed by but no one from the court arrived to fetch him. Akbar tried to replace Birbal with a new minister but no one could meet up to the standards of witty Birbal. Therefore, Akbar decided to spread the word that whoever will answer his questions properly will be appointed as the next minister in his court.

On the day of the meeting, Akbar’s other ministers started asking questions "How many shells are there in the seafloor?" Some aspirants answer lakhs, some crores but one man named Chandan answered: "The count of total human eyes in the world is equal to the number of shells in the seafloor." Chandan answered all the other questions with wit and was able to impress everyone in the court including Akbar. Akbar was very happy to meet someone equally intelligent as Birbal and decided to make him the next minister. But Chandan rejects the offer saying that he cannot meet the standards of great Birbal, and suggested instead to Akbar to look for him properly and call him back in his court. Akbar said he would really be happy to meet Birbal and on hearing that, Chandan slowly removed his turban and fake beard. Surprisingly, it was Birbal in the disguise of another man who came to meet Akbar. Akbar was happy to see him again and appointed Birbal back to his old position.

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