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Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar[ 9 ] (15 October 1542 [ a ] – 27 October 1605), [ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ] popularly known as Akbar the Great, [ 15 ] and also as Akbar I (Persian pronunciation: [ak.baɾ]), [ 16 ] was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who ...
Babur (Persian: [βɑː.βuɾ]; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. [4][5][6] He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').
The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur (reigned 1526–1530), a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Persianized Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (the founder of the Timurid Empire) on his father's side, and from Genghis Khan on his mother's side. [39] Paternally, Babur belonged to the Turkicized Barlas tribe of Mongol origin. [40]
On the left: Shah Jahan, Akbar and Babur, with Abu Sa'id of Samarkand and Timur's son, Miran Shah. On the right: Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Humayun, and two of Timur's other offspring Umar Shaykh and Muhammad Sultan. Created c. 1707–12. The Mughal empire was founded by Babur, a Timurid prince and ruler from Central Asia.
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.
Mughal Emperor Babur sent a Mughal contingent under Abdil Aziz, which was defeated by Rana Sanga. [11] [12] Battle of Khanwa; The Rajput Confederacy under Rana Sanga was defeated by Babur in 1527. This was the largest battle ever between the Mughals and the Rajputs involving a total of more than 150,000 soldiers and resulted in massive ...
Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857-1858) The Mughals originated in Central Asia. Like many Central Asian armies, the mughal army of Babur was horse-oriented. The ranks and pay of the officers were based on the horses they retained. Babur's army was small and inherited the Timurid military traditions of central Asia. [24]
Battle of Haldighati Part of Mughal–Rajput wars Painting of the traditional account of the battle by Chokha of Devgarh, 1822 Date 18 June 1576 Location Khamnor (Haldighati), Rajsamand district, Rajasthan (near Nathdwara) 24°53′32″N 73°41′52″E / 24.8921711°N 73.6978065°E / 24.8921711; 73.6978065 Result Mughal victory Territorial changes Gogunda annexed by Mughals ...