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The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was

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Historical accounts and modern syntheses attribute the first state-sponsored organization of the Hajj from India to the Mughal emperor Akbar. Sources note Akbar not only encouraged and subsidized pilgrimages but also established institutional support for pilgrims, including a hospice in Mecca, reflecting active imperial patronage of Hajj travel and welfare for Indian pilgrims abroad [1]. Earlier Delhi Sultanate rulers undertook various religious patronage and personal pilgrimages, but the explicit record of a systematic, state-funded arrangement for Hajj—subsidies and dedicated facilities—appears in the Mughal period under Akbar, making him the first Indian ruler commonly credited with organizing the Hajj at state expense.

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[1] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions > The story of Data Ganj Bakhsh > p. 156

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