AKBAR

BY COLONEL G. B. MALLESON, C.S.I.

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS: 1890

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. THE ARGUMENT

II. THE FAMILY AND EARLY DAYS OF BÁBAR

III. BÁBAR CONQUERS KÁBUL

IV. BÁBAR'S INVASIONS OF INDIA

V. THE POSITION OF BÁBAR IN HINDUSTÁN

VI. HUMÁYÚN AND THE EARLY DAYS OF AKBAR

VII. HUMÁYÚN INVADES INDIA. HIS DEATH

VIII. AKBAR'S FIGHT FOR HIS FATHER'S THRONE

IX. GENERAL CONDITION OF INDIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

X. THE TUTELAGE UNDER BAIRÁM KHÁN

XI. CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN

XII. THE PRINCIPLES AND INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF AKBAR

INDEX

NOTE

The orthography of proper names follows the system adopted by the Indian Government for the Imperial Gazetteer of India. That system, while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places, such as Punjab, Lucknow, etc., employs in all other cases the vowels with the following uniform sounds:—

a, as in woman: á, as in land: i, as in police: í, as in intrigue: o, as in cold: u, as in bull: ú, as in sure.