A History of Agriculture in India v2.c73.s3.4

v2.c73.s3.4

The greatest of Abu-l-Fazl’s production was the *Akbar-nama*, in two volumes, and the *Ain-i-Akbari* or Institutes, which is a distinct work. The encyclopaedic learning of Abu-l-Fazl rivalled that of Alberuni. The *Ain* is also the fore-runner of the *British Imperial Gazetteers*. The history of the reign of Akbar is given in full in the *Akbar-nama*, year by year, from the accession of the Emperor to the end of the forty-sixth year of the reign, A.D. 1602. Those brothers soon became the intimate friends and inseparable companions of their sovereign. They were the confidants of all his new opinions in religion, and his advisers in his patronage of literature. They were also consulted and employed in the most important affairs of the government.