Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Akbarnama was written by Abul Fazl, court historian and biographer to the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar himself commissioned the work as the official chronicle of his reign. Abul Fazl states in the book that it took seven years to complete.
The Akbarnama was written in Persian, which was the literary language of the Mughals. It followed an earlier work, the Baburnama, the personal memoir of Akbar's grandfather Babur, who founded the Mughal dynasty.
The Victoria and Albert Akbarnama contains 116 miniature paintings. The South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum, bought the manuscript in 1896 from Mrs Frances Clarke. After acquisition, the paintings and illuminated frontispiece were removed from the volume and mounted separately for display.
At least forty-nine different artists from Akbar's imperial workshop contributed illustrations to the original Akbarnama manuscripts. The paintings are thought to have been produced between around 1592 and 1594. One named master, Basawan, was noted for his use of portraiture, identified as an innovation in Indian art.
The Ain-i-Akbari is the third volume of the Akbarnama. It describes the administrative system of the Mughal Empire, including the household, army, revenues, and geography, and is famous for its statistical detail on crop yields, prices, wages, and revenues. It is currently housed in the Hazarduari Palace in West Bengal.
Faizi Sirhindi, full name Shaikh Illahdad Faiz Sirhindi, was a contemporary biographer of Akbar who wrote a separate work also called the Akbarnama. His version draws heavily from the Tabaqat-i-Akbari and from Abul Fazl's more famous chronicle, with original elements limited to a few verses and stories. His account is notable for additional detail on the services of his patron Shaikh Farid Bokhari and on the siege and capture of Asirgarh.