{"product_id":"akbar-a-novel-of-history-9789354470684","title":"Akbar a Novel of History","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354470684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shazi Zaman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289456808117,"sku":"9789354470684","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b9ae7229-927d-4886-86c3-44ce00891fb1.jpg?v=1658200067","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/akbar-a-novel-of-history-9789354470684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}