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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 ...
Situated 35.7 kilometres (22.2 mi) from the district headquarters of Agra, [3] Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610. [4]
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. [4] The Mughals continued declining under Muhammad Shah, allowing adventurers such as Nader Shah to invade Mughal territories and sack Delhi. [5]
The purpose of the building, and the date of its construction is a matter of contention among historians. Ram Nath identifies it with the Chaukhandi within the gardens named Bagh-i Zar Afshan, which is considered to be the original burial place of the first Mughal emperor Babur. If this is the case, it would be among the first examples of ...
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)
The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution. [1] They were the supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh ...
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 ...
Date: 1621 – 12 March 1788: Location: North India. Belligerents; Mughal Empire: Akal Sena (1621 - 1699) Khalsa Fauj (1699 - 1748) ... Mughal Empire: Sikh victory ...