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Abu’l Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, the third Mughal emperor, iswidely regarded as one of the greatest rulers in India’s history. Duringhis reign, the Mughal Empire was one of the wealthiest in the world, andcovered much of the Indian subcontinent. Although there are dozens of bookson the empire, there are surprisingly few full-length accounts of its mostremarkable emperor, with the last major study having been published overtwo decades ago. In Akbar: The Great Mughal, this outstanding sovereign finallygets his due, and the reader gets the full measure of his extraordinary life.Akbar was born on 15 October 1542 and after a harrowing childhood anda tumultuous struggle for succession following the death of his father,Humayun, became emperor at the age of thirteen. He then ruled for nearlyfifty years, and over the course of his reign established an empire that would behailed as singular, both in its own time and for posterity.In this book, acclaimed writer Ira Mukhoty covers Akbar’s life and times in lavish,illuminating detail. The product of years of reading, research, and study, the biographylooks in great detail at every aspect of this exceptional ruler—his ambitions, mistakes,bravery, military genius, empathy for his subjects, and path-breaking efforts toreform the governance of his empire. It delves deep into his open-mindedness, hisreverence towards all religions, his efforts towards the emancipation of women, hisabolishing of slavery and the religious tax—jiziya—and other acts that showed hisstatesmanship and humanity. The biography uses recent ground-breaking work byart historians to examine Akbar’s unending curiosity about the world around him,and the role the ateliers played in the succession struggle between him and his heir,Prince Salim (who became Emperor Jahangir).Beautifully written, hugely well-informed, and thoroughly grounded in scholarship,this monumental biography captures the grandeur, vitality, and genius of the GreatMughal.
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