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Item Code: IDE902by Edited By: Irfan HabibPaperback (Edition: 2004)Oxford University Press ISBN 0195646320 Language: English Size: 8.5" X 5.5" Pages: 322 (B & W Plates: 19, Figures: 5, Map: 1) 362 gms |
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times since 1st Oct, 2010'A welcome volume, for no recent work has given much attention to the subjects considered here...' - Catherine B. Asher, The Journal of Asian Studies (US).
'What it [the book] does, it does very well and is marked by the thoroughness of scholarship and editing that characterize the books of Habib.' - Pratibha Iyer, Indian Review of Books.
'The 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.
'The essays are of some interest in point of detail; by way of interpretation, however, these merely adhere to the well-known stereotype of the centralized Mughal state, a characterization that has been modified in recent years.' - Lakshmi Subramanian, Telegraph
'To the question, "does this volume constitute a valuable addition to existing literature on Akbar?" the answer is "no".' - Mohammad Amin, Outlook.
Can it be that Akbar was to India in the 16th Century what Habib is to medieval Indian history today?' -Sanjay Subramanyam, India Today
About the Author:
Irfan Habib, formerly Professor of History at Aligarh, is the author of The Agrarian System of Mughal India and An Atlas of the Mughal Empire.
| Editorial Note | ix | |
| ARTICLES | ||
| 1. | Akbar's Initial Encounters with the Chiefs:
Accident vs. Design in the Process of Subjugation Ahsan Raza Khan | 1 |
| 2. | Akbar and the Rajput Principalities: Integration
into Empire S. Inayat A. Zaidi | 15 |
| 3. | Akbar's Annexation of Sind - An Interpretation Sunita Zaidi | 25 |
| 4. | The Mughal Annexation of Sind - A Diplomatic and
Military History Fatima Zehra Bilgrami | 33 |
| 5. | Disappearance of Coin Minting in the 1580s? - A
Not eon the Alf Coins Najaf Haider | 55 |
| 6. | Akbar's Farmans - A Study in Diplomatic Iqbal Husain | 66 |
| 7. | Akbar's Personality Traits and World Outlook - A
Critical Appraisal Iqtidar Alam Khan | 79 |
| 8. | Akbar and the Jains Pushpa Prasad | 97 |
| 9. | Science and Superstition under Akbar and
Jahangir: The Observation of Astronomical Phenomena Shireen Moosvi | 109 |
| 10. | Scientific Concepts in Abu'I Fazl's A'in-i
Akbari Iqbal Ghani Khan | 121 |
| 11. | Akbar and Technology Irfan Habib | 129 |
| 12. | Painting under Akbar as Narrative Art Som Prakash Verma | 149 |
| 13. | Revisiting Fatehpur Sikri: An Interpretation of
Certain Buildings S. Ali Nadeem Rezavi | 174 |
| 14. | The Image of Akbar as a Patron of Music in
Indo-Persian and Vernacular Sources Francoise 'Nalini' Delvoye | 188 |
| 15. | The Perception of India in Akbar and Abu'l Fazl M. Athar Ali | 215 |
| 16. | Middle Bengali Literature: A Source for the
Study of Bengal in the Age of Akbar Aniruddha Ray | 225 |
| 17. | The Sikh Movement During the Reign of Akbar J.S. Grewal | 243 |
| 18. | Akbar and Portuguese Maritime Dominance K.S. Mathew | 256 |
| DOCUMENTS | ||
| 1. | A Farman of Akbar (1558) from the Period of the Regency Saiyid Zaheer Jafri | 266 |
| 2. | Three Early Farmans of Akbar, in Favour of Ramdas, the Master
Dyer Irfan Habib | 270 |
| 3. | An Estimate of Revenues of the Deccan Kingdoms, 1591 Shireen Moosvi | 288 |
| 4. | A Dutch Memoir of 1603 on Indian Textiles Ishrat Alam | 294 |
| REVIEWS | ||
| Muhammad Ghausi Shattari, Gulzar-i Abrar Irfan Habib | 298 | |
| 'Arif Qandahari, Tarikh-i Akbari Shireen Moosvi | 300 | |
| Shireen Moosvi, Episodes in the life of Akbar Iqtidar A. Khan | 302 | |
| John F. Richards, The Mughal Empire Irfan Habib | 303 | |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyam (ed.), Money and the Market in India Irfan Habib | 305 | |
| Som Prakash Verma, Mughal Painters and their Work Irfan Habib | 305 | |
| Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Sher Shah Sur and his Dynasty Iqbal Hussain | 307 | |
| Sukumar Ray, Bairam Khan Shireen Moosvi | 309 | |
| Amina Okada, Imperial Mughal Painters S.P. Verma | 310 | |
| Margaret H. Case (ed.), Govindadeva: a Dialogue in Stone Iqbal Husain | 313 | |
| Contributors | 316 | |
