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Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), was an Indian writer, historian, and politician who served as the grand vizier of the Mughal Empire from his appointment in 1579, until his death in 1602.
Sep 7, 2023 · Abul Fazl Allami is the most significant historian of the time of the Great Mughals. He was killed in 1602 at Jahangir's order. He was born around 1550. In shaping Akbar's religious beliefs and policies, his father, Shaikh Mubarak, a revered scholar and sufi, was crucial.
Thus, Abul Fazl widened the range and scope of history as no medieval historian before him had done and his work is considered the most comprehensive account of the Mughal administration and state structure.
May 29, 2011 · Abul Fazal was the author of Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar’s reign in 3 volumes. This book gives the history of Akbar’s forefathers from Timur to Humayun and Akbar’s reign till 1602. Third volume of above work is known as Ain-i-Akabari, which is the administrative report of Akbar’s reign.
Jan 6, 2015 · The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India. Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry.
Feb 12, 2024 · Akbar Abul Fazl's influential thinking on kingship, as expressed in his belief that kingship is a divine gift bestowed only upon those with many virtuous attributes, had a profound impact on Akbar's approach.
Nov 27, 2009 · Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602; Blochmann, H. (Henry), 1838-1878. Publication date. 1873. Topics. Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605. Publisher. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. Harvard University. Language. English.
Oct 28, 2022 · Abu’l-Fażl ‘Allāmī (14 January 1551 to 22 August 1602) was the most important courtier, advisor, spiritual devotee, and close friend of the powerful Mughal (also called Timurid) emperor Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Akbar (r. 1556–1605).
Sep 26, 2019 · An advisor, confidante and close friend, Abul Fazl was one of the most influential people in Akbar's court and life. However, like an Achilles heel, it was his strong ties with the all-powerful emperor that brought his end. Coming from Yemeni origins, Abul Fazl was born to Shaikh Mubarak in Agra.
May 23, 2015 · Abu’l Fazl is best known today for his Akbarnama, a three-volume history of the life and empire of its commissioner, the emperor Akbar. It was composed in Persian between 1590 and 1596 while more than 49 different artists worked on the illustrations.
