Agra Historical & Descriptive With An Account Of Akbar And His Court And Of The Modern City Of Agra

About the Book: - This wonderful volume on Agra is the Labour of Love of author Syed Md. Latif who does not hide his passion for the city of Agra and the Mughals, esp Akbar. Written in 1896, this book is divided into four parts: historical, descriptive, Akbar and its court and, finally, a short note on the modern city of Agra. The historical section discusses briefly the dynasties before the mughals and then notices each mugal separately. The descriptive section offers copies notes on the Agra fort, The Taj, Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra and a few other specimens of mughal architecture. The emperor Akbar and each of his nine jewels and also described individually. The book is illustrated with 47 line drawings of the mughal dynasty and the principal architectural monuments of the city and its suburbs. Through the book we find details of the orders, or firmans, and the various engraving that adorn the monuments and graves given in the original Persian or Arabic, and that along with its translations into English. The book was written consulting all the major Persian biographies and works of the mugal emperors as well as later English sources About the Author : - Syed Muhammad Latif was born in 1851. He was probably greatest historian during the British rule of India. He shines as the brightest star of the 19th century English language scholarship in the sub-continent. It was an era of despondency, rejection of the English language, cultural defeat and social upheaval for Indian Muslims. He was the author of History of the Punjab. Latif wrote: "A considerable portion of the routed army of the Scythians settled in the Punjab, and a race of them, called Nomardy, inhabited the country on the west bank of the Indus (river). They are described as a nomadic tribe, living in wooden houses, after the old Scythian fashion, and settling where they found sufficient pasturage. The Title 'Agra Historical & Descriptive With An Account Of Akbar And His Court And Of The Modern City Of Agra