Salim now carried his father’s bier within the embalming area to the daulatkhana-i-khas-o-aam of his magnificent fortress of Agra. From there, a procession of Sufis and nobles, all barefoot and bareheaded, carried their Emperor from the streets of Agra, down the Mughal highway to Lahore and Kashmir. Chanting “Allahu Akbar”, they distributed r