History of India in Nine Volumes: Vol. IV - Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great

First published in 1906 this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity alongside Egypt China and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862-1937) professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume IV Part 2 of Mediæval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931) features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: - the united empire of Akbar the Great - Akbars reforms: the divine faith - the great Moghul and European travellers - Shah Jahan the Magnificent - Aurangzib the puritan emperor - the fall of the Moghul empire - and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.