Question
What do ‘Akbarnama’ and ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ tell us?

Answer

  1. Much of what we know about Akbar is known from his court historian Abul Fazl, who wrote Akbarnama.
  2. Akbarnama is divided in three volumes.
  3. The first volume dealt with Akbar’s ancestors from days of Taimur to those of Humayun.
  4. The second volume presents the events of Akbar’s reign.
  5. The third volume ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ gives information about Akbar’s army, administration and the legal and revenue systems of the empire.

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