Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

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Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak (Persian:ابو الفضل) also known as Abu'l-Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami: the vizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign. He came to Akbar's court in 1575 and was influential in Akbar's religious views becoming more liberal into the 1580's and 1590's. He also led the Mughal imperial army in its wars in the Deccan. He was assassinated in a plot contrived by the Mughal Prince Salim, who became the Emperor Jahangir in 1602 because Abu'l Fazl was known to oppose the ascension of Prince Salim to the throne.

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Akbarnama available online at: http://persian.packhum.org/persian/

Rizvi, Saiyid Athar Abbar. Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar's Reign: With Special Reference to Abu'l Fazl. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1975.