[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) › 52.6 # The Book of Akbar 52.6 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 52.6 - **Language:** English ### [52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.6) I regret that I have not been able to translate the four horoscope enters in a satisfactory manner. They are difficult, for several words of frequent use in them, are not to be found in our dictionaries, at least not with their astronomical meaning. Dozy's Supplement is of little or no use for astrological terms, and Lane appears to ignore them altogether. Unfortunately with all his amplitude of detail, A. F. fails us at the very pinch of the case. That is, he gives no explanation of Fathu-l-lah’s modus operandi and does not tell us how he managed to bring the horoscope into Leo. It is probable that in places, the text is corrupt. Books on astrology are very numerous. One of the best of the old treatises is De Judiciis Astrorum by ‘Alī Abu-l-hasan (Albohazen Haly Aben Ragel). He, it appears, was born in Spain, for he is styled Ash-Shaibānī and Ash-Shabīlī (Hispaliensis) and his full name is Abu-l-hasan ‘Alī Ibn Abī-r-rajalu-sh-shaibānī. In Hammer-Purgstall’s History of Arabian Literature, (6436) he is styled ‘Alī Ibn Rajal and we are told that Europeans called him Aben-Ragel and that he was born at Cordova and lived in the beginning of the 5th century of the Hijra. - [Previous: 52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.5) - [Next: 52.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.7) - [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.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.52.6) · Pramāṇa