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Date	Process	Result
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 sizes

Section size for Akbar (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,792	9,792
Early years	4,905	4,905
Ancestry	454	454
Military campaigns	170	32,468
Military innovations	1,378	1,378
North India	3,348	3,348
Central India	6,609	7,016
Assassination attempt	407	407
Rajputana	4,981	4,981
Western and Eastern India	4,351	4,351
Afghanistan and Central Asia	4,978	4,978
Indus Valley	1,703	1,703
Baluchistan	846	846
Safavids and Kandahar	2,296	2,296
Deccan Sultans	1,401	1,401
Administration	21	6,735
Political structure	1,027	1,027
Taxation	2,426	2,426
Military organisation	1,479	1,479
Capitals	1,217	1,217
Culture	565	565
Economy	14	3,308
Trade	1,664	1,664
Coins	1,630	1,630
Diplomacy	16	4,012
Matrimonial alliances	3,996	3,996
Foreign relations	24	10,379
Relations with the Portuguese	4,486	4,486
Relations with the Ottoman Empire	2,840	2,840
Relations with the Safavid dynasty	2,570	2,570
Relations with other contemporary kingdoms	459	459
Religious policy	2,191	15,434
Association with the Muslim aristocracy	3,556	3,556
Din-i Ilahi	5,049	5,049
Relation with Hindus	1,324	1,324
Relation with Jains	3,314	3,314
Historical accounts	26	8,236
Personality	5,829	5,829
Hagiography	986	986
Akbarnāma, the Book of Akbar	1,395	1,395
Consorts and concubines	13,630	13,630
Death	577	577
Legacy	3,549	3,549
Issue	13	2,286
Sons	1,020	1,020
Daughters	1,253	1,253
In popular culture	25	5,850
Films and television	3,991	3,991
Fiction	1,582	1,582
Video games	252	252
See also	84	84
Notes	26	26
References	35	35
Bibliography	27,546	27,546
Further reading	3,317	3,317
External links	1,039	1,039
Total	153,662	153,662

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