Akbar The Great
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 3 December 1542 (greg.) at 00:30 (= 12:30 AM ) | ||
| Place | Umarkot, India, 25n21, 69e46 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m69e46 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   10°06'   12°15 Asc. 19°32'
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Biography
Turkish-Persian mogul, the most famous of Indian monarchs. A great sportsman, rider, hunter and warrior ambitious for conquest, he was an economist and superior ruler. Deeply religious, a Hindu pantheist who later became a monotheist, he had a type of epilepsy and during his attacks had mystical visions. After a profound mystical experience in 1582, he was convinced that he was divine.
Akbar was said to have total recall from the time he was a baby, with full and accurate memory of whatever he heard. Servants read to him as he never learned to read and write. He ate little meat bur did drink liquor and took opium. His temper was quick but soon abated. His cruelty was appropriate to his time and station, but he was just.
Married; 3 sons; he had a harem of 5,000 women, each with her own apartment. Akbar died 10/16/1605, Agra, India, probably of poison.
Events
- Death by Homicide 16 October 1605 (Probably poison, age 62)
Source Notes
Vincent A. Smith "Akbar, The Great Mogul" (1917, p.14-19), discusses "The Memoirs of Jahangir", the personal attendent of King Humayun who was present at Akbar's birth. The Persian mms was translated in 1863 and published in 1917, now in British Museum. It gives "Shaban 14, A.H. 949" which equates to 11/23/1542 noted as OS on p.449, at Umarkot, between Hindustan and Sind. The L&L is given in a footnote on p.14. Jahangir makes note that the official date is given as 10/15/1542 (Sunday 5 Rajab) "to confuse hostile astrologers, with that date chosen as it was reputed to be the conception date of the prophet Mohammed." The time is given as "the night of the full Moon", spec time from LMR.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Epilepsy (Mystical experiences during his attacks)
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity (Harem of 5,000 women)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Mystical experience (Visions, convinced he was divine)
- Vocation : Military : Military career (Warrior and hunter)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three wives simultaneously)
- Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Most famed monarch)
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (Turkey and Persia)
