Akbar the great Mogul 1542-1605 / by Vincent A. Smith

Includes appendix and index.

Akbar's ancestry and life before his accession; India in 1556; Akbar's task -- The regency and the fall of Bairam Khan, 1556-60 -- Conquest of Gondwana; rebellions of Abdullah Khan, Khan Zaman, Asaf Khan (I), and the Mirzas; reduction of the Great Fortress; building of Fathpur-Sikri; conquest of Gujarat, etc. -- Conquest of Bihar and Bengal; establishment of the 'House of Worship'; Akbar's first contact with Christianity; administrative measures; war in Rajputana -- Consolidation of conquests; discussions on religion; relations with Jains and Parsees; arrival of the First Jesuit Mission; the 'Infallibility decree' of 1579 -- Rebellion in Bengal and Bihar; the Kabul campaign and its results; end of the First Jesuit Mission we should mission; rebellion of Muzaffar Shah in Gujarat, etc. -- the Din Ilahi 'Divine Faith' or 'Divine Monotheism'; fantastic regulations; foundation of Allahabad; beginning of intercourse with England etc. -- Wars on North Western Frontier; annexation of Kashmir and Sind; Second Jesuit Mission; regulations; annexation of Balochistan and Kandahar etc. -- The Third Jesuit Mission (1595); famine (1595-8); wars in the Deccan; Fall of Ahmadnagar and Asirgarh; last Embassy to Goa (1601); the Jesuit fathers; foundation of the English and Dutch East India Companies