Ayeen Akbery
Or, The Institutes of the Emperor Akber
2 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
- Real Author: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
- Translator: Francis Gladwin
- Date Published: January 2014
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108067003
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Akbar the Great (1542–1605) is often regarded as the Mughal Empire's most accomplished ruler. This document on the workings of his empire was produced by Akbar's vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551–1602). Between 1783 and 1786, the scholar Francis Gladwin (1744/5–1812) produced an English translation from the original Persian. Reissued here is the two-volume edition that appeared in 1800. As the work's dedicatee and Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings had seen the translation as illuminating the Mughal Empire's 'original constitution' and believed it would educate and inform Britain's colonial administrators. Gladwin's text would not be superseded for many decades, and it testifies to the quality of his scholarship and the contemporary concerns of the East India Company. Volume 1 explains the workings of the royal household and military offices, including details of the mint, treasury and harem. Volume 2 explores religion, science and philosophy.
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- Date Published: January 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108067003
- length: 1010 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 175 x 53 mm
- weight: 1.74kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Translator's preface
Part I. Regulations for the Different Offices: The household
Royal treasuries
Jewel office
The mint
Some account of the immortal coins
Of dirhems and dinars
An account of the profit which merchants make
Of the production of metals
Of the specific gravity of metals
Haram, or seraglio
Of the equipage for journeys
Regulations for the encampment of the army
Regulations for the illuminations
Ensigns of royalty
Of the royal seals
Of the camp equipage
Abdar Khaneh
Kitchen
Sufyaneh
Current prices of provisions
Fruitery
Perfume office
Flowers
Wardrobe
Shawls
Current prices of manufactures
Tusweer Khaneh
Painting gallery
Kowr Khaneh
A table of warlike weapons
Artillery
Rules observed in making fire-arms
Barghu
Ranks of the royal Bundooks
Pay of the Bundookchyan
Feel Khaneh, or elephants' stables
Khaseh elephants
Horse stables
Suter Khaneh, or camel stables
Gaw Khaneh, or ox stables
Of mules
Manner in which his majesty spends his time
Bar, or times of admission to the royal presence
Koornish and Tusleem
Of spiritual guidance
Of musters
Pow Gosht
Regulations for the public fights of animals
Regulations for buildings
Part II. Regulations for the Military Department: Army
Regulations for the cattle
Munsubdars
Ahdy
Other cavalry
Infantry
Cheelah
Kahars, or bearers
Pyadeh Dakhely
Dagh, or mark
Kushek, or military commands
Office of Wakyahnavees
Of sunnuds, or grants
Ranks of seals
Manner of receiving pay
Musa-adet, or aids granted to military officers
Donations
Alms
Ceremony of weighing the royal person
Seyurghal
Of machines
Of the ten seers of grain exacted from every beegah of land
Of festivals
Khushroz, or days of diversion
Of marriages
Regulations for teaching in the public schools
Office of Meer Behry
Of hunting
Of hawking
Of games
Part III. Regulations for the Revenue Department: Of aeras
A table of months
Of tribute and taxes
Ilahee Guz
Tenab
Beegah, or Jereeb
Of the division of the lands
Of the nineteen years collections
Of the ten years settlement
Instructions for the officers. Volume 2: Introduction
Bengal
Bahar
Allahabad
Owdh
Agra
Malwah
Dandees
Berar
Gujerat
Ajmeer
Dehly
Lahoor
Multan
Tatah
Chasmeer, including Cabul
Of the Crouh, or Cose
Tukseem Jumma
Abulfazels' introduction on religious toleration
A description of Hindostan
Opinions concerning the creation
Astronomy
Of the deeps, or islands
Other divisions of the universe
General description of the earth
Of the earth's longitude
Of the earth's latitude
Tables of longitudes and latitudes
The extent of the inhabited earth
Numeration
The jehats, or quarters
Of the Hindoos
Of the languages of Hindostan
The birds and beasts of Hindostan
Weights and measures
The learning of the Hindoos
The science
The doctrine of Boodh
Nastick
The eighteen Beddya, or arts and sciences
The art of discovering crimes
The art of predicting future events
The names of some other arts
The art of writing with elegance
Music and dancing
The art of governing a kingdom
The administration of justice
The four Hindoo degrees of discipline
The worship of the deity
The incarnations of the deity
Unclean things
Purifications
Improper dress
Forbidden food
The ceremonies to be observed before meals
Fasts
Sins
Places dedicated to divine worship
Marriages
Dress
Jewels
Workmen
Ceremonies on the birth of a child
Festivals
Ceremonies with the dead
Meritorious kinds of suicide
Explanation of some Sanscrit words
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