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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.
Dec 2, 2017 · Abu’l Fazal was known to oppose Jahangir’s rule over the throne as a successor. His head was sent to Jahangir and he was buried at Antri. His son Sheikh Afzal Khan later was appointed the governor of Bihar in 1608.
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.
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.
Abu’l Fazl, courtier, historian and friend of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), deploys an alternative conception of historical time which flows uninterrupted from Adam down to Akbar, disengaging history writing from its Islamic axis. Indeed, he is rather contemptuous of the hijri era.
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).
