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Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 [1] – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (Persian pronunciation: [hu.mɑː.juːn]), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to his death in 1556. [6]
After his death on 27 January 1556, Humayun's body was first buried in his palace in Purana Quila at Delhi. Thereafter it was taken to Sirhind, in Punjab by Khanjar Beg and, in 1558, it was seen by Humayun's son, the then Mughal Emperor, Akbar. Akbar subsequently visited the tomb in 1571, when it was about to be completed. [23] [24] [25]
The Battle of Chausa was a notable military engagement between the Mughal Emperor, Humayun, and the Afghan warlord, Sher Shah Suri.It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa, 10 miles southwest of Buxar in modern-day Bihar, India.
Tazkirat-ul-Waqiat or Humayun Nama [2] is a book written by Emperor Humayun's servant, Jawhar Aftabchi, in 995 AH / 1586 CE [4] or 1587 CE, [5] under the orders of Emperor Akbar. [6] Jawhar Aftabchi served Humayun for many years, making this book a credible historical source about Humayun's life.
The restoration of Mughal rule began after Humayun's triumphant return from Persia in 1555, but he died from an accident shortly afterwards. [10] Humayun's son, Akbar, succeeded to the throne under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped consolidate the Mughal Empire in India. [12]
The Expedition of Kalinjar (1531) [2] [3] or Attack on Kalinjar (1531) [4] led by Mughal Emperor Humayun was a crucial military campaign aimed at besieging the Kalinjar fort. At that time, the fort was under the rule of Rudra Pratap Singh of Bundelkhand, also known as Prataprudra Deo of Kalinjar.
Iltutmish was the first emperor to have a large tomb in the subcontinent. [4] Most of the tombs in the Mughal Empire had marked influence from Iranian Timurid forms. [5] During the period of Lodis, there were hundreds of tombs built all across the empire. The tombs of nobles were bigger and more elaborate than that of the royals.
The Mughal Emperor Humayun, fights Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, in the year 1535. Before 1532 was over, Bahádur Sháh quarrelled with Humayun, the Mughal emperor of Delhi. The original grounds for the quarrel was that Bahádur Sháh had sheltered Sultán Muhammad Zamán Mírza, the grandson of a daughter of the emperor Babar (1482–1530 ...