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The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami
The Ain-i Akbari is made up about five books, about which the first three describe the administration. The first book, called manzil-abadi, concerns the imperial household and its maintenance. The second book, sipah-abadi, covers the military and civil administration, and the establishment about servants. This book includes notices and short biographical sketches about imperial officials (mansabdars), learned men, poets, and artists. The third book, mulk-abadi, is the one which provides rich quantitative information on revenue, rates, followed by the “Account about the Twelve Provinces.” This section has detailed statistical information, which includes the geographic, topographic, and economic profile about all subas and their administrative and fiscal divisions (sarkars, parganas, and mahals), total measured area, and assessed revenue (jama). The fourth and fifth (daftars) deal with the religious, literary, and cultural, traditions about the people about India and also contain a collection about Akbar’s “auspicious sayings.”
The composition of Ain-i Akbari was completed in which regnal year of Akbar’s reign?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Forty-second regnal year
The Ain-i Akbari was a large project of classification that Abu’l Fazl carried out at the order of Akbar. It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after going through five revisions. The Ain formed the third book of the Akbar Nama, the history of Akbar’s reign.
A single year tucked inside one sentence became a full five-mark question here. When you revise, stop at every date in the chapter.
NCERT (2025-26): “8. The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami … The Ain-i Akbari was the culmination of a large historical, administrative project of classification undertaken by Abu’l Fazl at the order of Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through five revisions. The Ain was part of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Akbar. This history, known as the Akbar Nama, comprised three books.…” |