ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ABUL FAZL (1551-1602)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="ABUL,FAZL,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279ABUL FAZL (1551-1602), principal secretary-cum-minister to Akbar, the Mu<u>gh</u>al emperor. He was an accomplished man of learning and was the author of two celebrated works, &#256'<i>&#299n-i-Akbar&#299</i> and <i>Akbar-n&#257m&#257,</i> the former being a description of Akbar's administrative system and the latter a chronicle of the events of his reign. Like his father, Shai<u>kh</u> Mub&#257rak, and brother, Faiz&#299, Abul Fazl had S&#363f&#299 leanings, and all three of them were a major influence in moulding the religious policy of the emperor. Born at Akbar&#257rb&#257d on 14 January 1551, Abul Fazl took up service at the royal court in 1574, and through his uncommon wisdom and learning soon rose to become Akbar's most trusted adviser. He accompanied the emperor on his visit to Goindv&#257l on 24 November 1598 to see Gur&#363 Arjan. The meeting is recorded in Abul Fazl's <i>Akbar-n&#257m&#257.</i> Abul Fazl was assassinated by B&#299r Si&#7749gh Bundel&#257 on 12 August 1602 at the behest of Prince Sal&#299m, later Emperor Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r, who harboured a dislike for him for being his father's favourite.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Smith, Vincent A. , <i>The Oxford History of India. </i> Oxford, 1958<BR> <li class="C1"> Mujeeb, M. , <i>The Indian Muslims. </i> London, 1967<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. </i> Patiala, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Dil<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>