Tabaqat-i-Akbari
Topic: The Mughal Empire: Babur to Aurangzeb · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Tabaqat-i-Akbari is a Persian history written by Nizamuddin Ahmad, an official under Akbar. It covers Muslim rule in India from the Ghaznavids up to Akbar's reign, and was completed c. 1590s. It is organised region by region, covering both Delhi and the regional kingdoms. Several later writers used it as a model or a source.
Example
Badauni's Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh and the later historian Firishta both drew on the Tabaqat-i-Akbari for their own histories.
Don't confuse with
- Akbarnama: Abul Fazl's official history focused on Akbar's reign and family. The Tabaqat-i-Akbari is a wider general history of Muslim rule in India.
Related concepts
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Buland Darwaza
- Panch Mahal
- Ibadat Khana
- Din-i-Ilahi
- Maktab Khana
- Razmnama
- Hamzanama
- Daswanth and Basawan
- Navaratnas of Akbar