Ekber Şah Devri Vakayinamelerinde Bir İdeolojik Unsur Olarak Timurlu Hanedan Soyunun İnşası
The Construction of the Timurid Dynastic Lineage as an Ideological Element in the Vakayinamas of Akbar Shah's Era

Summary/Abstract: When Babur founded the Mughal State, he considered the Timurid dynasty as a source of legitimacy. However, Humayun, who succeeded him on the throne, constructed a cosmological ideology using astrology. This new ideology weakened the authority of the monarch. Akbar Shah, who became the head of the State after Humayun, had started the process of institutionalisation with himself at the centre after taking over the authority completely. The construction of a ruler-centred ideology was part of this institutionalisation process. Akbar had ordered his statesman Abul Fazl al-Allāmī to build an ideology based on the Timurid dynastic lineage. Abu'l Fazl laid the foundation of the Timurid dynastic ideology in his famous Akbarname, which he wrote to establish the source of legitimacy for Akbar and his successors. One of the scholars appointed by Akbar was Mullah Ahmad Tatawi. The author contributed to the construction of the Timurid dynastic ideology with his work Tarih-i Elfi. Both authors made use of political, divine and mythical figures and events in this construction process.

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