XV IF the Deccan disappointed Akbar’s last ambition, there were other and worse blows preparing for the last decade of his life, blows at his very heart. There has been…
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AKBAR – Chapter 11
XI THE real mind of Akbar was perhaps disclosed when, summoning the priests to a private audience, he declared of his own accord that he wished the Christians to come…
AKBAR – Chapter 10
X In the spring of 1574 there arrived at court a young man who was destined to a brilliant career; who was to become Akbar’s closest and most trusted friend,…
AKBAR – Chapter 9
IX AKBAR’S aim was to rule from sea to sea. His eyes were now turned westward. There, between the frontiers of his dominions and the Arabian Sea, lay Gujerat, a…
AKBAR – Chapter 8
VIII WITH all his achievements Akbar lacked and greatly longed for a thing which fortune had so far denied him. He had scores of wives, but he had no son.…
AKBAR – Chapter 6
VI MEANWHILE, the young emperor was called to active efforts in the field. The surrender of Gwalior and the annexation of Jaunpur had strengthened Akbar’s frontiers : he was now…
AKBAR – Chapter 5
V So, like his grandfather before him, Akbar gained a crown while still a boy, but a crown for which he had to fight. There were rival claimants. One was…
AKBAR – Chapter 3
III BUT what of his more immediate ancestry? Once, returning from a campaign, Akbar questioned Monserrate about Sebastian, king of Portugal, who had fallen fighting against the Moors in 1578.…
AKBAR – Chapter 2
II WHAT was Akbar’s inheritance? What was the background of his mind? We have for a moment to forget the European heritage which is in our blood and to which…