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The closest to an official name for the empire was Hindustan, which was documented in the Ain-i-Akbari. [28] Mughal administrative records also refer to the empire as "dominion of Hindustan" (Wilāyat-i-Hindustān), [29] "country of Hind" (Bilād-i-Hind), "Sultanate of Al-Hind" (Salṭanat(i) al-Hindīyyah) as observed in the epithet of Emperor Aurangzeb [30] or endonymous identification from ...
The Mughal dynasty (Persian: دودمان مغل, romanized: Dudmân-e Mughal) or the House of Babur (Persian: خاندانِ آلِ بابُر, romanized: Khāndān-e-Āl-e-Bābur), was a branch of the Timurid dynasty founded by Babur that ruled the Mughal Empire from its inception in 1526 till the early eighteenth century, and then as ceremonial suzerains over much of the empire until 1857.
Zafar Mahal, is the ruined summer palace of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II. The Moghul dynasty, which started with the first Mughal Emperor Babur who conquered Delhi in 1526 AD ended after 332 years when on 7 October 1858 the last Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II (1837–1857) was tried for treason by the British and deported to Rangoon, Burma, now Myanmar from the imperial city ...
With the death of Emperor Muhammad Shah of the Mughal Empire, he moved to Delhi. [3] When Ahmed Shah ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire in Delhi in 1748, Safdarjung was made the Prime Minister ( Vazir ) of the empire with the title of Vazir ul-Mamalk-i-Hindustan and at that time the empire was on the decline as their rule extended only to ...
English: Mughal Empire under Akbar, 1605. Areas that were only partially integrated are indicated by lighter shading and dotted lines. Source: Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia (University of Minnesota, 1992), Plate VI.A (p.44–46) and XIV.4 (p.148)
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English: Mughal Empire at its maximum extent under Aurangzeb, 1707. Source: Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia (University of Minnesota, 1992), Plate VI.A (p.44–46) and XIV.4 (p.148) See also: Truschke, Audrey. Aurangzeb (Stanford University Press, 2017), Chapter 1 map "Mughal Empire in 1707" Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay ...
The decline of the Mughal Empire began with the death of Emperor Aurangzeb on 3 March 1707. The Mughals faced numerous invasions from the Maratha Confederacy and internal conflicts over succession. [5] The Mughals continued declining under Muhammad Shah, allowing adventurers such as Nader Shah to invade Mughal territories and sack Delhi. [6]