It was noted by all that Akbar now began his day in a most unusual manner. At the highest point of the roof of the palace, Akbar had had a wooden building ‘of ingenious workmanship’ constructed and from this building, in the cool and watchful dawn, Akbar worshipped the rising sun. For Badauni, it was clear that it was ‘the accursed Birbal’ who had convinced the Padshah:
