Akbar

Andre Wink is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION 1 DIVINE NURSLING OF THE GARDEN OF SOVEREIGNTYAkbar’s birthSeparated from his parentsAkbar’s education 2 AN OLD WORLD GREW YOUNG 3 THE DAILY INCREASING DOMINIONThe Mughal armyThe conquest of GujaratKabul, the North-West Frontier, and the “Great Game” of the sixteenth centuryThe conquest of Bengal 4 CLOUDS AND ELEPHANTS AND MUDEpisode one: 1564–1566Episode two: 1574Episode three: 1589 5 TAMING THE MONGOL BEASTSThe new court etiquetteFrom Chingis Khan to Akbar: the rise of Mughal civilization in the sixteenth centuryMaxims of orderHunting and governmentMongol vegetariansThe emperor never wastes his time 6 MAKER OF THE INDO-MUSLIM WORLDGunpowder empiresAmerican silverThe imperial political system and its Indian foundationsLand revenue and the peasantry 7 SERENE CITY OF UNIVERSAL TOLERANCEAkbar and IslamThe Religion of GodPeace for allAllahu AkbarAfter Akbar: the demise of the Religion of God 8 BEING AKBAR EndnotesFurther ReadingBibliographyIndex