Question

Analyze the importance and limitations of ain i-akbari as a source of akbars reign

Answer 1

The Ain-i Akbari was the culmination of a large historical, administrative project of classification undertaken by Abu’lFazl at the order of Emperor Akbar.  Completed in 1598 after having gone through five revisions  part of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Akbar known as the Akbar Nama, comprised three books. The first two provided a historical narrative. The Ain-i Akbari, the third book, was organized as a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire