{"product_id":"akbar-a-novel-of-history-paperback","title":"Akbar a Novel of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShazi Zaman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventional historical accounts tend to paper over seemingly minor events related\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Akbar's life, to the detriment of a comprehensive appreciation of one of the most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportant figures of Indian history. Shazi Zaman fills the gap with this remarkable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel rooted in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkbar's writ ran from the Hindukush in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean empire his father Humayun and grandfather Babur had only dreamed of. And\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis religious policy, boldly unorthodox, was as fierce a contest with the clergy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparticularly Islamic, as were his military campaigns with his political opponents. Most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistories give us Akbar the commander who never lost on the battlefield, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efearlessly iconoclastic ruler. But we rarely come across the restless, questing soul who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewished to reconcile a sensitive and compassionate heart to the sometimes ruthless\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobligations of statecraft; and the man who, in his struggle for sulh-i-kul, peace with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall, could dare to treat as equal not only all faiths-Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJainism, Zoroastrianism and others-but all life as well-human or animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's insight, Shazi Zaman, in this transcreation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof his acclaimed Hindi novel, sifts through fact and many an anecdote to paint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea complex yet enchanting portrait of one of the world's great monarchs. There\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eisn't another book, as vast in scope and as layered, to help us fully understand the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephenomenon that was Akbar: the unsparing pragmatist and benevolent ruler; the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaustere leader and indulgent friend; the unlettered prince and philosopher-mystic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409836949682,"sku":"9789354470684","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/790517b5bfa7bce642f4a1063ffe2fa6.webp?v=1778274254","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/akbar-a-novel-of-history-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}