[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) › [Jahāngīr (1605–1627)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir) › [Maʾāthir-i Raḥīmī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi) › [Ma-asir-i Rahimi, of Muhammad ’Abdu-l Baki (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot) › 1.4 # Maʾathir-i Rahimi 1.4 Ma-ásir-i Rahímí, of Muhammad ’Abdu-l Bákí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1.4 - **Language:** English ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.4) The author has extracted this account of the first thirty-eight years of the reign, viz. from a.h. 963 to 1002, from the Tabakat-i Akbari, by Nizamu-d din Ahmad Bakhshi, who was not spared to complete it. Of the remaining fourteen years the author has never seen any account; nor has he been able to procure information of the various events of that period. He has therefore omitted it from his history, and must refer to other authorities who may have written concerning this period. Akbar was a powerful, world-subduing monarch, the very emblem of justice, to whose Court people from all sides resorted for protection, and to partake of a benevolence so universally diffused. He extended toleration to all religions and creeds, and would recognize no difference between them, his object being to unite all men in a common bond of peace. The names of the Sultans, nobles, ministers, poets, and philosophers who adorned his reign, can be ascertained from the Tabakat-i Akbari and the Akbar-nama; and in the same comprehensive works will be found an account of his greatness, and the inventions of his bright intellect and ready genius. - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.jahangir.maathir-i-rahimi~en-elliot.1.4) · Pramāṇa