Author: Irfan Habib
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2000/2005
Language: English
Pages: 315
ISBN/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-564632-0
Description
The 1992 national celebrations of the 450th birth anniversary of Akbar provided a much-needed impetus to research on Akbar and his times, and some of the results of such research are brought together in this volume.
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EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS:
This volume bears the imprint of a scholarship that has become unfashionable in these post-modern times. Collectively the articles provide the most authentic and representative statement on Akbar to date.
- Parvathi Menon, Frontline
A Welcome volume, for no recent work has given much attention to the subjects considered here.
- Catherine B Asher, The journal of Asian Studies
What the book does, it does very well and is marked by the thoroughness of scholarship and editing that characterize book the books of Habib.
- Pratibha Iyer, Indian Review of Books
Can it be that Akbar was to India in the 16th century what Habib is to medieval Indian history today.
- Sanjay Subrahmanyam, India Today
Contents
Editorial Note
* Akbar’s initial Encounters with the Chiefs: Accident vs. Design in the Process of subjugation - Ahsan Raza Khan
* Akbar and the Rajput Principalities: Integration into Empire - S Inyat A Zaidi
* Akbar’s Annexation of Singh – An interpretation - Sunita Zaidi
* The Mughal Annexation of Singh – A Diplomatic and Military History
- Fatima Bilgrami
* Disappearance of Coin Minting in the 1580? - A Note on the Alf Coins
- Najaf Haider
* Akbar’s Farmans – A Study in Diplomatic - Iqbal Husain
* Akbar’s Personality Traits and World Outlook–A Critical Appraisal - Iqtidar Alam Khan
* Akbar and the Jains - Pushpa Prasad
* Science and Superstition under Akbar and Jahangir: The observation of Astronomical Phenomena - Shireen Moosvi
* Scientific Concepts in Abu’l Fazl’s A in-i Akbari - Iqbal Ghani Khan
* Akbar and Technology - Irfan Habib
* Painting under Akbar as Narrative Art - Som Prakash Verma
* Revisiting Fatehpuri Sikri – An Interpretation of Certain Buildings
- S Ali Nadeem Rezavi
* The Image of Akbar as a Patron of Music in Indo-Persian and Vernacular Sources
- Francoise Nailini Delvoye
* The Perception of India in Akbar and Abu’l Fazl - M Athar Ali
* Middle Bengali :Literature: A Source for the Study of Bengal in the Age of Akbar
- Aniruddha Ray
* The Sikh Movement During the Reign of Akbar - J S Grewal
* Akbar and Portuguese Maritime Dominance - K S Mathew
DOCUMENTS:
* A Farman of Akbar (1558) from the Period of Regency
* Three Early Farmans of Akbar, in Favor of Ramdas, the Master Dyer
* An Estimate of Revenues of the Decca Kingdoms, 1591
* A Dutch Memoir of 1603 on Indian Textile
REVIEWS:
* Muhammad Ghausi Shattari: Gulzar-i Abrar
* Arif Qandahari: Tarikh-i Akbari
* Shireen Moosvi Episodes in the life of Akbar
* John F Richards The Mughal Empire
* Sanjay Subrahmanyam Money and the Market in India
* Som Prakash Verma Mughal Painters and their Work
* Iqatidar H Siddiqui Sher Shah Sur and his Dynasty
* Sukumar Ray Bairam Khan
* Amina Okada Imperial Mughal Painters
* Margaret H Case Govindadeva: A Dialogue in Stone
Contributors