Episodes in the Life of Akbar  - Contemporary Records and Reminiscences

Episodes in the Life of Akbar - Contemporary Records and Reminiscences

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Author: Shireen Moosvi
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Shireen Moosvi
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 133
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123709374

Description

Akbar, the Mughal Emperor, long counted along with Asoka as the most appealing figure among India's past rulers, is also one about whom our knowledge is exceptionally intimate and extensive.

In this volume contemporary narratives of incidents in his life, pen-Sketches of the man, and his own thoughts (often of surprising boldness) are brought together, all in as faithful a translation as possible. We see him here in flesh and blood, his genius and greatness coming through to us along with his fads and foibles, conveyed to us by admirers and critics of his own time. For the reader who wishes to see history in the making, these narratives could be of abiding interest.

Contents

Contents

Preface
Introducing Akbar-A Brief Biography
EXTRACTS
1. Humayun's Marriage with Hamida Banu (1541)
2. The Birth of Akbar (1542)
3. Childhood at Kabul (1545)
4. Wins a Toy by Force (1545)
5. Akbar and His Stepmother (1548)
6. Evading Lessons (1551)
7. Learning to Paint (1552-54)
8. Akbar at Ten (1552)
9. The Break with Bairam Khan (1560)
10. Youthful Eccentricities (1560-61)
11. At Popular Festival (1560-61)
12. In an Elephant Fight (1561-62)
13. The Pardoning of an Errant Official (1561-62)
14. The Unconventional Young King (1560-64)
15. The Execution of Adham Khan, Foster-Brother (1563)
16. First Steps Towards Central Control (1563)
17. A Scandal and an Attempted Assassination (1564)
18. Reward for a Cheetah (1572)
19. Imitating Rajput Heroics (1573)
20. As Military Organiser and Commander (1573)
21. Vision and Action: Constructing the Apparatus of Empire (1574-75)
22. Akbar and Theologians at the Thadat Khana (1575-76)
23. Akbar's Agitation over an Execution (1577)
24. Spending Nights in Peasants' Homes (1577)
25. A Singular Spiritual Experience (1578)
26. Personal Enquiry into Land Grant (1578)
27. Sermon Blues (1579)
28. Akbar and the Arts (1579)
29. In Jesuit Impressions and Reminiscences (1580-81)
30. Consults on Punishing his Finance Minister (1581)
31. Getting an Important Farman Drafted (1581)
32. Taking Counsel for People's Welfare (1582)
33. Testing a Theory of Speech (1582)
34. Akbar and the Religious Grantees (1585)
35. Replies to his Son's Questions (1591)
36. Poet and Critic (1593)
37. The Shipbuilder (1594-97)
38. Drink and Diet (1595)
39. Keeping Watch on Translators (1596)
40. Meeting Guru Arjan (1598)
41. His only Smoke (1604)
42. Father and Son (1604)
43. The Last Illness (1605)
44. Akbar’s Death and the Common Man (1605)
45. A Jesuit Obituary (1605)
46. A Son’s Reminiscences (1607)
47. The Reflections of Akbar

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