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Excerpt from The A�n I Akbari, Vol. 2
In his way is expressed in terms which imply that they had not been overcome, else his silence, when silence might be interpreted to his prejudice, is inexplicable. It may be, therefore, safely assumed that want of leisure, or other weighty reason, had hindered his continuance of a work which had become the preoccupation of his most serious study and which he hoped to leave to posterity as a record that he had not toiled in vain. But the event was otherwise ordained. While sensible of the honour conferred upon me by the Asiatic Society in selecting fine for the duty of entering upon the labours and sharing the reward of my predecessor, I cannot but express my di?idence in presenting this second volume to public notice under their auspices, lest a com parison should discredit the wisdom of the choice. But whatever the verdict of those competent from linguistic knowledge and acquaintance with the abrupt, close and enigmatic style of the original to judge of the merits of the translation, no pains at least have been spared to render it a faithful counterpart consistently with a clear ness of statement which the text does not everywhere show. The peculiar tone and spirit of Abul Fazl are.
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