The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c24.s5: Chapters IV and V. Akbar
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c24.s5
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Chapters IV and V. Akbar
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I. ORIGINAL SOURCES
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Akbar-nāma. By Shaikh Abu-’l-Fazl. Published by the A.S.B. in the *Bibliotheca Indica* series. Text, 3 volumes. A most valuable chronicle of Akbar’s reign and the principal authority for dates and bare facts. When it goes beyond these it is highly coloured by Abu-’l-Fazl’s adulation of his master. The *Akbar-nāma* has been translated into English by Mr H. Beveridge and published by the A.S.B. in the same series. Āīn-i-Akbarī. By Shaikh Abu-’l-Fazl. Published by the A.S.B. in the *Bibliotheca Indica* series. Text, 3 volumes. English translation in the same series, three volumes, vol. I by Blochmann and vols. II and III by Jarrett. The translation of vol. I is generally accurate but its chief value lies in the copious notes and appendices with which the erudition of Mr Blochmann has enriched it. The translation of vols. II and III is excellent and the notes are ample,¹ but the statistical account of the provinces in vol. II is marred by failure to identify place names. The *Āīn-i-Akbarī* contains a code of Akbar’s regulations in all departments and on all subjects and includes, besides some extraneous matter, a valuable and minute statistical account of his empire, with historical and other notes. Muntakhab-ut-Tawārīkh. By ‘Abdul-Qādir Badāūni. Also known as *Tārīkh-i-Badāūni*. Published by the A.S.B. in the *Bibliotheca Indica* series. Text, 3 volumes. English translation in the same series. Vol. I by Lt.-Col. Ranking, vol. II by the Rev. W. H. Lowe, vol. III by Lt.-Col. Haig. The book, being written from the point of view taken by a bigoted Sunnī, is of the highest value as a check on the turgid panegyric composed by the latitudinarian Abu-’l-Fazl. Tabaqāt-i-Akbarī. By Khvāja Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad. Text, Lucknow lithographed edition of A.H. 1292 (A.D. 1875). A dry chronicle of events, without comment, written by a highly placed and therefore cautious official. The chronology is faulty but the work is specially valuable for a record of events in Gujarāt, where the author was much employed. It is brought down to the thirty-ninth year of the reign. Tārīkh-i-Firishta. Bombay lithographed text of 1832. A mere compilation, which contains, however, a few interesting items of information, especially relating to the Deccan, contributed by the author from his own personal knowledge. Darbār-i-Akbarī (in Urdu). By Shams-ul-‘Ulamā Maulānā Maulavī Muhammad Husain, Āzād. Rifāh-i-‘Āmm Press, Lahore, 1898. A useful compilation, based chiefly on the works of Abu-’l-Fazl.
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¹ Except on administrative matters [Ed.].
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Inshā-i-Abu-’l-Fazl. A collection of official dispatches written by Shaikh Abu-’l-Fazl, and interesting as throwing much light on Akbar’s relations with his neighbours and with his own nobles and officers, but prolix, pompous, and tedious. Lucknow lithographed edition of a.h. 1279 (a.d. 1862).
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Zubdat-ut-Tawārīkh. By Shaikh Nūr-ul-Haqq. MSS.
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Tārīkh-i-Haqqī. By Shaikh ‘Abdul-Haqq, father of the preceding. MSS. (a.d. 1596–7).
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Mongolicae Legationis Commentarius. By Fr. Anthony Monserrate, S.J. Latin text published in *Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal*, iii, no. 9, 1914. English translation by J. S. Hoyland, 1922.
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Travels of Ralph Fitch (1583–91) and John Mildenhall (1599–1606) in *Early Travels in India*. Edited by W. Foster. 1921.
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2. MODERN WORKS
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Binyon, L. Akbar. 1932.
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Irvine, W. Army of the Indian Moguls. 1903.
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Maclagan, Sir E. The Jesuits and the Great Mogul. 1932.
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Malleson, G. B. Akbar. (Rulers of India Series.) 1890.
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Modi, J. J. Parsees at the court of Akbar. Bombay, 1903.
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Moreland, W. H. India at the death of Akbar. 1920.
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—— The agrarian system of Moslem India. 1929.
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Noer, Count von. Kaiser Akbar. 1880 and 1885.
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Smith, V. A. Akbar the great Moghul. 1917 and 1919. This contains a fuller bibliography with description of sources.