Ayeen Akbery: Volume 1 - Or, The Institutes of the Emperor Akber

Akbar the Great (1542-1605) is often regarded as the Mughal Empire's most accomplished ruler. This document on the workings of his empire was translated from the original Persian by Francis Gladwin (1744/5-1812) and appeared in this two-volume edition in 1800. Volume 1 introduces the royal household and military.