[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 312.7 # The Book of Akbar 312.7 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 312.7 - **Language:** English ### [312.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312.7) It appears everywhere in the almanacs of the lands of Islam, such as Arabia, Turkey, Transoxania, Khurāsān, Irāq, &c., and is used in the bonds of legal experts and by borrowers of every age.” The repeated representations of this body of men, and a regard for their petitions, prevailed and were accepted, and an order was issued that the New Year, which followed close on the year of the accession, should be made the foundation of the Divine Era, and that the gates of joy and comfort should be opened. From the mine of wisdom there issued an order worthy to be obeyed, that compilers should in the almanacs current in Islamic countries, and in which they enter the Arabic, Rūmī, Persian and Jalālī eras, enter this new era as a supplement to them, and so open the gates of prosperity. Also that in the almanacs of India they (almanac writers) should enter this new era instead of their discordant eras, especially of the Bikramajit era which was founded upon deception (talbīs), and that they do away with their various eras. And whereas in the almanacs current in India the years were solar, and the months lunar, we ordered that the months of the new era should be solar. - [Previous: 312.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312.6) - [Next: 312.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312.8) - [Up: 312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.312.7) · Pramāṇa