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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Abul Fazl


Abul Fazl Son of Shaik Mlubarak and brother of Faizi (poet), he was the
official historian and close adviser of Akbar. Wrote Ain-i-Akbari (a statistical
account of Akbar’s empire) and Akbar Namah (an authoritative account of
his reign). Assassinated by Bir Singh Bundela in 1602 at the instigation of
Prince Salim (later Jahangir).

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