Was the Mughal Empire Sunni or Shiite Islam?
The Mughals though they were of Persian lineage, had never been Shi’ite. They can thus be classified as Sunni. Many of the Mughals also subscribed to Sufistic views. And Akbar even tried his hand at amalgamating Hindus and Muslims into a new religion. It has to be granted that the Mughal courts were knowingly or unknowingly instrumental in some religious reawakening among scholars and thinkers, especially sufi saints of India.
