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The History of Akbar : Volume 5, Hardback Book

The History of Akbar : Volume 5 Hardback

Part of the Murty Classical Library of India series

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The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India. Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry.

Marking a high point in a long, rich tradition of Persian historical writing, it served as a model for historians across the Persianate world.

The work is at once a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) that includes descriptions of his political and martial feats and cultural achievements, and a chronicle of sixteenth-century India. The fifth volume details the bellicose seventeenth to twenty-second years of Akbar’s reign, including accounts of the conquest of Gujarat, the capture of Rohtas fort from rebel Afghans, and the invasions of Patna and Bengal. The Persian text, presented in the Naskh script, is based on a careful reassessment of the primary sources.

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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:784 pages
  • Publisher:Harvard University Press
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  • ISBN:9780674983953
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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:784 pages
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  • ISBN:9780674983953

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