Ayeen Akbery; Or, The Institutes of The Emperor Akber

Francis Gladwin, Ayeen Akbery; Or, The Institutes of The Emperor Akber, 1800

In 2 Volumes
Volume 1: pp. vii [xxxiii-xxxix], 372 + 15-page Index + 2 folding plates
London: Printed by G. Auld
Volume 2: pp. vii, 547
London: Printed by J. Swan & Co.

Hardbound (each)
8.4 x 5.6 in (21 x 14.2 cm) (each)

pp. i-xxxii [Preface] were never bound in Volume 1 in this set. The last 5 pages of Volume 2 carries ‘List of Subscribers’.

First British edition of Ain-i-Akbari.

The book was first published in Calcutta in 1786, this is the first UK edition, published in 1800. Francis Gladwin served in the Bengal army, was a lexicographer and translator and eventually became a professor in Fort William College in Calcutta in 1800.

Akbar (1542-1605) commissioned the Ain-i-Akbari as a collection of statistical reports, administration reports, and gazetteer about the empire. Akbar also sought to incorporate indigenous knowledge and traditions into the codified knowledge of the Mughal Empire. It was compiled by Akbar’s Grand Vizier Abu’l Fazl ibn Mubarak [1551-1602] as the third and final volume of ‘Akbarnama’, the official history of Mughal emperor’s reign.

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