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April 12, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 15, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Section size for Akbar (54 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,669	10,669	288	288
Early years	5,628	5,628	370	370
Ancestry	454	454	0	0
Military campaigns	417	33,496	19	4,082
Military innovations	1,378	1,378	125	125
North India	3,456	3,456	434	434
Central India	6,574	6,981	838	891
Assassination attempt	407	407	53	53
Rajputana	5,638	5,638	653	653
Western and Eastern India	4,366	4,366	595	595
Afghanistan and Central Asia	5,014	5,014	590	590
Indus Valley	1,703	1,703	227	227
Baluchistan	846	846	108	108
Safavids and Kandahar	2,296	2,296	282	282
Deccan Sultans	1,401	1,401	158	158
Administration	21	6,735	0	845
Political structure	1,027	1,027	127	127
Taxation	2,426	2,426	302	302
Military organisation	1,479	1,479	200	200
Capitals	1,217	1,217	160	160
Culture	565	565	56	56
Economy	14	3,320	0	338
Trade	1,664	1,664	194	194
Coins	1,642	1,642	144	144
Diplomacy	16	4,013	0	462
Matrimonial alliances	3,997	3,997	462	462
Foreign relations	24	10,424	0	1,155
Relations with the Portuguese	4,486	4,486	448	448
Relations with the Ottoman Empire	2,840	2,840	336	336
Relations with the Safavid dynasty	2,615	2,615	322	322
Relations with other contemporary kingdoms	459	459	49	49
Religious policy	2,232	15,242	211	1,539
Association with the Muslim aristocracy	3,556	3,556	423	423
Din-i Ilahi	5,049	5,049	534	534
Relation with Hindus	1,324	1,324	155	155
Relation with Jains	3,081	3,081	216	216
Historical accounts	26	7,318	0	668
Personality	4,911	4,911	436	436
Hagiography	986	986	119	119
Akbarnāma, the Book of Akbar	1,395	1,395	113	113
Consorts and concubines	14,537	14,537	1,346	1,346
Death	577	577	57	57
Legacy	2,393	2,393	260	260
Issue	2,230	2,230	0	0
In popular culture	25	5,784	0	0
Films and television	3,993	3,993	0	0
Fiction	1,514	1,514	0	0
Video games	252	252	0	0
See also	84	84	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	35	35	0	0
Bibliography	27,599	27,599	0	0
Further reading	3,317	3,317	0	0
External links	1,031	1,031	0	0
Total	154,912	154,912	11,410	11,410

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