Originally posted by: Sandhya.A
Adi
WOW! So this Great was our Akbar and achieved so much within his 64 years. (Missed this thread!😕)
Not like our Lallu Panju, rolling between his 2 begum's kwaabgahs and wading his time visiting temples, staring at the moon and sun, smiling from ear to ear when his dil-o-jaan, kwaabon ka armaan Jodha Begum condescends to look at him, and walking along the corridors in vacant and dreamy moods. (We have to remind ourselves every now and then that he is supposed to be the Shahenshah 😭)
Ahhh... finally Sandhya, you saw this thread - and this was the promise I had made to you!!!!! Did you read all of what I had posted???? There is definitely more and I will try and make one update this weekend. And the number of sources that I have which have strongly criticized the translations of Blochman and Smith are many - and they are Indian as well as European.
The book I would recommend for one to read is by Frederick Noer - a German Count who wrote on Akbar in the 1850s - The Mughal Emperor Akbar - worth reading - and he has given a number of events from Akbar's life too - and he used not only the writings of Akbar's court historians but also regional works from all of Northern India.
Another place that one can tap is Panjabi literary work and historical work where one can get info on events from Akbar's life.
Edited by adianasr - 11 years ago
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