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  <titleInfo>
    <title>AKBAR AND BIRBAL</title>
    <subTitle>FUNNIER STORIES</subTitle>
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  <genre authority="">Folk tales</genre>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2023</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">2023</copyrightDate>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>103 pages :  colour illustrations ; 21 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>"As Emperor Akbar's most trusted advisor, Birbal has to think quickly. His humourous and creative answers delight everyone! Come and see how Birbal's quick wit helps him out of sticky situations and saves Emperor Akbar, time and again!"--</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>To Count or Not to Count</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Under the Shade of Birbal's Wit</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Sun and the Moon</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Music Competition</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Greedy Eater</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Four Fingers</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Birbal's Painting
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  <tableOfContents>The Other Guest</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>A Tale of Opposites</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Rooster and the Hens</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Cost of Justice</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>A Little Less and a Little More</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Pot of Wit</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>A Marriage of Seas and Rivers</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>No Hair on the Palm</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Most Powerful Weapon</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Whitest One</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Akbar's Dream</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>A Camel's Neck</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The True King of Persia</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>The Full Moon and the Quarter Moon
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  <tableOfContents>Birbal the Servant
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  <tableOfContents>Birbal Goes to Heaven
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  <tableOfContents>Birbal Returns From Heaven
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  <tableOfContents>Shortening the Line
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  <tableOfContents>The Unreal Lion
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  <tableOfContents>Counting Turns in the Street
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  <tableOfContents>Birbal Creates a Shortcut
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  <tableOfContents>The Disputed Well
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  <tableOfContents>The Fake Mother
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  <tableOfContents>Emperor Akbar's Ring
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  <tableOfContents>The Blind Healer
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  <tableOfContents>The Butcher and the Grain Merchant</tableOfContents>
  <targetAudience authority="marctarget">juvenile</targetAudience>
  <note>"Wonder House."</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Emperor of Hindustan</namePart>
      <namePart>Akbar</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1542-1605</namePart>
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    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Birbal</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1528-1586</namePart>
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    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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    <topic>Emperors</topic>
    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Courts and courtiers</topic>
    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Mogul Empire</geographic>
    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">398.7</classification>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9789811269080</identifier>
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