[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Akbar # Akbar This is an illustration to the official history of the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605) entitled the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). The history was commissioned by Akbar in 1589 and written in Persian, the language of the court, by the great scholar Abu'l Fazl. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1585–1595 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-101-1896](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-101-1896) · Pramāṇa