[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) › 324.1 # The Book of Akbar 324.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 324.1 - **Language:** English ### [324.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.324.1) victories of this wretch (Hemū) over the opponents of Mubāriz Khān—those giddy ones of the baiting place of destruction—had led him into evil imaginings, and when the news of the unavoidable event of H.M. Jahānbānī Jinnat Āshiyānī’s death reached the provinces, he, out of short-sightedness, took into consideration the confusion of the time and had the audacity to determine that he would give battle to the sublime army of H.M. the Shāhinshāh, for whom the Divine aid is security. That shallow superficialist made the youthful years of the great one, over whose might a luminous veil had been cast, a cause of increasing his courage. The abundant wealth, and the numbers of soldiers and munitions of war, which had been left by so many rulers of India, added to his boldness and daring, as also did the evacuation by victorious officers of the cities and towns of the dominions. At length he set off on his evil enterprise with 50,000 cavalry, 1,000 elephants, 51 cannon, and 500 falconets. - [Previous: 323.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.323.3) - [Next: 324.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.324.2) - [Up: 324](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.324) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.324.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.324.1) · Pramāṇa