[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) › 52.4 # The Book of Akbar 52.4 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 52.4 - **Language:** English ### [52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.4) According to A. F. the difference between the Indian astrologers and Maulana Cand amounts to 17°. But apparently Fathu-l-lah did not adopt the Indian calculations, which indeed he probably could not read, (He was a Persian and we are told in the Ain (Blochmann 104) that he superintended the translation of part of Ulugh Beg’s Tables, though, if as has been supposed, these were originally written in Persian, one does not see what necessity there was for translating them. There is however a doubt on the point and A. F.’s remark implies that Ulugh Beg’s Tables were written in a foreign language, e.g., Arabic or Turkish. According to D’Herbelot, they were first written in Arabic but Sédillot has no doubt that Persian was their original language). Fathu-l-lah, we are told, based his calculations on the Greek and Persian Tables, not on the Indian, and found the cusp of the Ascendant to be 28° 36' Leo. - [Previous: 52.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.3) - [Next: 52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.5) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.4) · Pramāṇa