The History of Akbar

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-674-24416-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 209 mm x 143 mm, Gewicht: 818 g

Reihe: Murty Classical Library of India

The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India. Akbarnama, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. Marking a high point in a long, rich tradition of Persian historical writing, it served as a model for historians across the Persianate world. The work is at once a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) that includes descriptions of political and martial feats and cultural achievements, and a chronicle of sixteenth-century India. The seventh volume details the twenty-ninth to thirty-eighth years of Akbar’s reign, including accounts of the marriage of his son and heir Salim (Jahangir); conquests of Swat, Orissa, Kashmir, Sind, and the Saurashtra Peninsula; the pacification of Bengal; and the emperor’s visits to Kashmir, the Punjab, and Kabul. The Persian text, presented in the Naskh script, is based on a careful reassessment of the primary sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abu'l-Fazl

Weitere Mitwirkende

Thackston, Wheeler M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Thackston, Wheeler M.
Wheeler M. Thackston is Professor of the Practice of Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of widely used grammars of Persian and Classical Arabic and the translator of the <i>Baburnama,</i> the <i>Jahangirnama,</i> and the <i>Akbarnama</i>.