[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) › 389.1.7 # The Book of Akbar 389.1.7 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 389.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [389.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1.7) He undertook the management of affairs, political and financial, and disposed of matters relating to the army and to the civil population according to his own sound judgment. Maham Anaga, who from her excellent services, abundant wisdom and exceeding devotion regarded herself as the substantive prime minister, was displeased at this. Mun‘im Khan Khan-khanan too, who was the ostensible vakīl and sat on the masnad as such, was inwardly grieved at this. Where were the judiciousness, the independence of mind and the disinclination for worldly affairs which would have regarded the presence of one who took up and placed on his head the burden of the world’s business as a great gift from God and as something to be thankful for, so that when the Khan A‘azim in his straightness and loyalty undertook the service of the Shahinshah, Mun‘im Khan and Miham Anaga should have looked upon him as a providential helper and have rendered thanks for the boon from the bottom of their hearts, instead of being so grieved and vexed? For in the antechamber of right-dealing the true principle and that which is approved by the wise is that one should hold oneself fettered to external work until another who can take charge of it makes his appearance, and the office of pleasing the master by the management of affairs shall have been entrusted to him by acts and not by words. - [Previous: 389.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1.6) - [Next: 389.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1.8) - [Up: 389.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.389.1.7) · Pramāṇa