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Vincent A. Smith, Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542–1605, 2nd ed. (1919; 2nd ed. rev., 1966), is still the standard biography. Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava, Akbar the Great, 3 vol. (1962–67), is also reliable. A more-recent account is in Kamal Shankar Srivastava, Two Great Mughals: Akbar and Aurangzeb (1998).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: IAEME Publications - International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology - Akbar (1556-1605) and India Unification under the Mughals. | Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Added details of his death. | Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Updated spellings and removed diacritics. | Jan 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Akbar The Great. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities - Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar: The Great Mughal Emperor (PDF). | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IAEME Publications - International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology - Akbar (1556-1605) and India Unification under the Mughals. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Akbar and his religious thoughts (PDF). | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Akbar I. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Islam - Biography of Akbar, the Great Moghul. | Aug 13, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 06, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Death of the Emperor Akbar. | Feb 13, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 24, 2019 | ||
| Deleted comma after "Umarkot" in the birth information. | Aug 28, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 04, 2015 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jun 04, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - History of India - Biography of Akbar. | Nov 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural India - History of India - Biography of Akbar. | Jul 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Akbar. | Jul 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Biography of Akbar the Great. | Jul 24, 2013 | ||
| Revised and updated article. | Feb 04, 2009 | ||
| Revised and updated article. | Feb 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Islamic Architecture - The Reign of Akbar. | Jul 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Mughal Empire. | Jun 22, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Mughal Empire. | Jun 22, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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