The History of Akbar (5) (Murty Classical Library of India, 19, Band 5) - Hardcover

Abu'l-fazl

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ISBN 10: 0674983955 ISBN 13: 9780674983953

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

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 his political and martial feats and cultural achievements, and a chronicle of sixteenth-century India.

The fifth volume details the bellicose seventeenth to twenty-second years of Akbar’s reign, including accounts of the conquest of Gujarat, the capture of Rohtas fort from rebel Afghans, and the invasions of Patna and Bengal.

The Persian text, presented in the Naskh script, is based on a careful reassessment of the primary sources.

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Wheeler M. Thackston is retired Professor of the Practice in Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University.

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0674983955
• ISBN 13: 9780674983953
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 745
• Herausgeber: Thackston Wheeler M.
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