In deze scriptie is er onderzocht of Akbar, de leider van het Mogolrijk van 1556-1605, een spiritueel of wereldlijk leider was. Dit aan de hand van de Ain-i Akbari, een werk geschreven door Abul...Show moreIn deze scriptie is er onderzocht of Akbar, de leider van het Mogolrijk van 1556-1605, een spiritueel of wereldlijk leider was. Dit aan de hand van de Ain-i Akbari, een werk geschreven door Abul Fazl wat gaat over de indeling van het MogolrijkShow less
The Tarikh-i Alfi or “History of One Thousand Years- a Millennium” was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the year 990/1582. The task was to compile a history of the world from the death...Show moreThe Tarikh-i Alfi or “History of One Thousand Years- a Millennium” was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the year 990/1582. The task was to compile a history of the world from the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 C.E down to Akbar’s reign and it was undertaken by a group of well-known scholars of his court. The book was to commemorate the completion of the first Islamic millennium, which occurred in 1592. It was designed to be superior in scope and contents over all other historical works that had been ever compiled. It was planned to include the history of all Muslim rulers from the day the Prophet passed away, to analyzing reasons of their rise and fall. Nonetheless, it was not limited to Muslim rulers, but also encompassed all other people, who came in contact with them. Hence, this makes the book more than simply a history of Mughals, Muslim rulers, or a certain region, but rather the history of the world for the one thousand years from 632 till 1592.Show less
The personality of Akbar has caught the fascination of historians and poets. The legend of his openness and tolerance towards the other religions of the Indian subcontinent has been both lauded and...Show moreThe personality of Akbar has caught the fascination of historians and poets. The legend of his openness and tolerance towards the other religions of the Indian subcontinent has been both lauded and disputed. Whereas most historians saw his progressive policies of tolerance as a form of Enlightenment in the East, others have reduced the Emperor's tolerance to nothing more than a thought through political strategy which only served the material interests of the Mughal state. This paper will evaluate these differing views on Akbar and the role religion played in his reign, in order to see that both personal and political interests were served in Akbar's career.Show less
In deze scriptie wordt onderzocht wat P.A.S. van Limburg Brouwer (1829-1873) ertoe dreef het Oude India te bestuderen. Daartoe wordt Van Limburg Brouwer op vier vlakken geanalyseerd: als filosoof,...Show moreIn deze scriptie wordt onderzocht wat P.A.S. van Limburg Brouwer (1829-1873) ertoe dreef het Oude India te bestuderen. Daartoe wordt Van Limburg Brouwer op vier vlakken geanalyseerd: als filosoof, als Indoloog, als politicus en als literair schrijver. Deze scriptie laat zien dat Van Limburg Brouwer er een Duits-idealistisch spinozistisch wereldbeeld op nahield, dat uiteindelijk in zijn roman "Akbar" ten volle tentoongesteld werd.Show less
