Akbar Birbal Story - Part 85
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 him that Vajeer Abdullah of Akbar’s court is able to do this. The next day Vajeer Abdullah was summoned to the court and he described King Akbar the way to visit his late family. He said that Birbal can do this task. All he has to do is sent Birbal to heaven. Birbal asks for four days before he leaves for heaven.
Finally the ritual was carried out and Birbal used wet wood to create a lot of smoke to escape unnoticed through a tunnel. Months passed by and finally one day Birbal came to the court. His look was completely different. He had long hair, overgrown beard and looked very rough. When asked about the reason behind his look, he said that since there is no barber in the heaven everyone staying there is facing this problem and wants a barber there, including Akbar’s own father.
Akbar ordered to send his barber to heaven. But as soon as the barber heard the order, he confessed to the part of the evil plan made by Vajeer Abdullah to get rid of Birbal.