found: Shoḣ Akbar va dono Birbal ḣikoi︠a︡tlari, 1993:t.p. (Birbal)
found: Life of Bir Bal, [1916]
found: LC database, 5-22-95(Birbal, d. 1586)
found: Encyclopædia Britannica online, Dec. 15, 2015(Birbal, pseudonym of Mahesh Das (b. 1528, died 1586))
found: Wikipedia, viewed 27 Nov. 2019(Birbal; born Mahesh Das; 1528-1586, or Raja Birbal, was a Hindu Kayastha advisor and main commander (mukhya senapati) of the army in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. Birbal was appointed by Akbar as a minister "mantri" and was a poet and singer in around 1556-1562. He had a close association with Emperor Akbar and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the navaratnas (nine jewels) of Akbar. In 1586, Birbal led an army to crush an unrest in the north-west Indian subcontinent where he was killed along with many troops in an ambush by the rebel tribe. He was the only Hindu to adopt Din-i Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar.)
