Home › Entities › illuminated_manuscript › Victoria and Albert Akbarnama

Victoria and Albert Akbarnama

Illustrated manuscript of Akbarnama with 116 miniatures
VisualArtwork illuminated_manuscript Q105762623
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Victoria and Albert Akbarnama is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #58 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: version, edition or translation[3]
  • Commissioned by: Akbar[4]
  • Owned by: Akbar[5], Jahangir I[6], Shah Jahan[7], Victoria and Albert Museum[8]
  • Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum[9]
  • Inventory number: IS2.-1896[10]
  • Location: Victoria and Albert Museum[11]
  • Commons category: Victoria and Albert Akbarnama[12]
  • Language of work or name: Persian[13]
  • Country of origin: Mughal Empire[14]
  • Has part(s): Akbar's adventures with the elephant Hawa'i (V&An IS.2:22-1896)[15], Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer[16], Akbar celebrates the birth of his second son[17], A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan[18]
  • Inception: 1600[19]
  • Edition or translation of: Akbarnama[20]

Why It Matters

Victoria and Albert Akbarnama is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . collections.vam.ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Victoria and Albert Akbarnama. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/victoria-and-albert-akbarnama
MLA “Victoria and Albert Akbarnama.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/victoria-and-albert-akbarnama.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_victoria-and-albert-akbarnama_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Victoria and Albert Akbarnama}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/victoria-and-albert-akbarnama}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Victoria and Albert Akbarnama — https://4ort.xyz/entity/victoria-and-albert-akbarnama (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/victoria-and-albert-akbarnama · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → Akbar, Jahangir I, Shah Jahan +1
    Country of origin → Mughal Empire
    Edition or translation of → Akbarnama
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en']
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Inception: 16. century, Move the inception's range from start and end time to earliest and latest date on the 16th century, with circa as the V&A's ca. 1592-1594"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.