About the Book: The History of Akbar, Volume 5
Akbarn?ma, or The History of Akbar, by Abul-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. 15561605) 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 Akbars reign, including accounts