Mughal empire biography
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The Mughal Empire
Vinay Lal
The great grandson of Tamerlane, Babar, who on his mothers side was descended from the famous Genghiz Khan, came to India in at the request of an Indian governor who sought Babars help in his kamp against Ibrahim Lodi, the last head of the Delhi Sultanate. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat, not far from Delhi, and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. Babar ruled until , and was succeeded by his son Humayun, who gave the empire its first distinctive features. But it is Humayuns son, Akbar the Great, who fryst vatten conventionally described as the glory of the empire. Akbar reigned from to , and extended his empire as far to the west as Afghanistan, and as far south as the Godavari river. Akbar, though a Muslim, is remembered as a tolerant ruler, and he even started a new faith, Din-i-Ilahi, which was an attempt to blend Islam with Hinduism, Christianity, Jainism, and other faiths. He won over the Hindus bygd naming them to important military
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Mughal Empire
– empire in South Asia
Not to be confused with the Mongol Empire or other uses, see Mughal (disambiguation).
Mughal Empire | |
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The empire at its greatest extent c., under Aurangzeb | |
Status | Empire |
Capital | |
Officiallanguages | Persian |
Commonlanguages | SeeLanguages ofSouthAsia |
Religion | |
Government | Monarchy |
Emperor | |
•– (first) | Babur |
•– (last) | Bahadur Shah II |
Vicegerent | |
•– (first) | Mir Khalifa |
•– (last) | Daulat Rao Sindhia |
Grand Vizier | |
•– (first) | Nizam-ud-din Khalifa |
•– (last) | Asaf-ud-Daula |
Historical era | Early modern |
•First Battle of Panipat | 21 April |
•Mughal Interregnum | 17 May –22 June |
•Second Battle of Panipat | 5 November |
•Mughal–Afghan Wars | 21 April –3 April |
•Deccan wars | – |
•Nader Shah's invasion of India | – |
•Siege of Delhi | 21 September |
•Mughal Emperor exi • How the Mughal Empire began
Video about the Mughal EmpireThe Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centur |