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 […]

Once an attendant in Akbar’s court broke one of Akbar’s favorite flower vase and when he was questioned, the servant lied to avoid punishment. But the truth was found out and servant was expelled from Akbar’s court because of the lie. Birbal argued that it is general human tendency to lie, not just to flaws […]

Akbar was quite disturbed and tensed about his son’s bad habit of sucking his own thumb. He tried a lot to cure this habit, but nothing worked. So he summoned a saint in his courtroom for help. After listening to the problem, the saint told that he would come after a few days with a […]

Birbal was a true believer in God and always maintained that there is always a good reason behind every decision of God. Once a courtier, who was jealous of Birbal, explained his misery of how he lost a finger and questioned Birbal whether he still holds onto the belief of God being so great. Birbal […]

Once Emperor Akbar decided to test the intelligence of his courtiers and asked them two difficult questions. Which river’s water is the sweetest? What is that which doesn’t get light from either the sun or moon? When everyone failed to answer the questions to Akbar’s satisfaction, he asked Birbal to give his views. Birbal as […]

Once lived a common man named Hunar who had collected a lot of wealth by his hard work. When his hut caught fire, a greedy neighbor came to his rescue but tricked him to steal all his wealth. He promised to give the poor man whatever he likes and keep the rest with him. When […]

Once Emperor Akbar fooled Birbal by placing an apple in a tricky way. When Birbal went to touch the apple out of courosity, Akbar caught him red handed and said he was placed this to catch a thief who has been stealing from the palace. Then Akbar used that incident every time he met Birbal […]

Once Akbar went to a barber to cut his hair and after a while, the barber suddenly asked him a weird question. He asked whether or not Akbar ever has sent someone to heaven to enquire about the whereabouts of his late family. Akbar was shocked to listen to this.  The barber then explained to […]

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 […]

The Egyptian King was quite impressed listening to all the stories of courtier Birbal and invited him to visit him once. When Birbal reached there, Birbal was received by a courtier. When he went to the courtroom the next day, someone was sitting on the throne but Birbal went to one of the courtiers and […]