The Mughal Empire Test - 3

In the last years of his reign Akbar was distracted by the rebellion of Prince Salim, the future Emperor Jahangir.

Qandahar was seized from the Safavids, Kashmir was annexed, as also Kabul,after the death of Mirza Hakim.

Babur was the first Mughal emperor and reigned from 1526 to 1530.

Jaipur State was aprincely state of India from 1128 to 1948. It was centred on Jaipur town. It existed from the 12th century until Indian Independence in 1947. According to the different periods of history it was also known as Jaipur Kingdom, Amber Kingdom,Dhundhar Kingdom and Kachwaha Kingdom.

Prince Khurram, the future Emperor Shah Jahan, rebelled in the last years of his reign.

Shivaji was insulted by Aurangzeb when he came to accept Mughal authority.

Jagat Gosaini  was a wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.She is also known as Jodh Bai, Manmati, and was given the posthumous title of Bilqis Makani. By birth, she was a Rajput princess of Marwar(jodhpur) and was the daughter of Raja Udai Singh, the Rathore ruler of Marwar.

Abul Fazl wrote a three-volume history of Akbar’s reign, titled Akbar Nama. The third volume is the Ain-I Akbari.

Sher Khan defeated Humayun at Chausa (1539) and Kanauj (1540), forcing him to flee to Iran. In Iran Humayun received help from the Safavid Shah. He recaptured Delhi in 1555 but died in an accident in the ffollowing year.

Babur was the first Mughal emperor (1526- 1530), who succeeded the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old. He was forced to leave his ancestral throne due to the invasion of another Mongol group, the Uzbegs. After years of wandering he seized Kabul in 1504. In 1526 he defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

In 1526 he defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

The Ain-i-Akbari or the "Constitution of Akbar", is a 16th-century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar's empire, written by his vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. It makes the Volume III and the final part of the much larger document, the Akbarnama, the Book of Akbar, also by Abul Fazl, and it itself is in three volumes.

Babur, the first Mughal emperor (1526-1530), succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old.

In 1526 Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi and his Afghan supporters at Panipat. In 1527 he defeated Rana Sanga, Rajput rulers and allies at Khanua. In 1528 he defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi. Established control over Agra and Delhi before his death.

The Din-i Ilahi("Religion of God") was a syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 AD, intending to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire, and thereby reconcile the differences that divided his subjects.The elements were primarily drawn from Islam and Hinduism, but some others were also taken from Christianity,Jainism and Sikhism

The empire was divided into provinces called subas,that are governed by a subadar who carried out both political and military functions. Each province also had a financial officer known as diwan.For the maintenance of peace and order in his province, the subadar was supported by other officers such as the military paymaster (bakhshi), the minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage (sadr), military commanders (faujdars) and the town police commander (kotwal).

The Sisodiya Rajputs refused to accept Mughal authority for a long time. Once defeated, however, they were honourably treated by the Mughals, given their lands (watan) back as assignments (watan jagir). The careful balance between defeating but not humiliating their opponents enabled the Mughals to extend their influence over many kings and chieftains

Nur Jahan born Mehr-un-Nissa (31 May 1577 – 17 December 1645) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 25 May 1611 to 28 October 1627 as the eighteenth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.She was also his most beloved and influential wife and acted as his chief consort and Padshah Begum, officially from 1620–1627, after the title's previous holder, Saliha Banu Begum (the Padshah Begum for most of Jahangir's reign), died in 1620.

The Mughals were descendants of two great lineages of rulers. From their mother’s side they were descendants of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol tribes, China and Central Asia. From their father’s side they were the successors of Timur (died 1404), the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day Turkey.

Aurangzeb insulted Shivaji who escaped from Agra, declared himself an independent king and resumed his campaigns against the Mughals.

The military paymaster (bakhshi), the minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage (sadr), military commanders (faujdars) and the town police commander (kotwal).

Genghis khan was the ruler of the Mongol tribes, China and Central Asia. He died in 1227.

Sher Shah Suri(1486–22 May 1545), born Farid Khan was the founder of the Sur Empire in North India, with its capital at Delhi. Sher Shah took control of the Mughal Empire in 1540. Sher Shah was killed on 22 May 1545 during the siege of the Kalinjar fort of Rajputs.

Mehrunnisa married the Emperor Jahangir in 1611 and received the title Nur Jahan. She remained extremely loyal and supportive to the monarch.

Abul-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar(15 October 1542– 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar I and later Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar was 13 years old when he became emperor. Akbar succeeded his father,Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.

Bigot is an individual who is intolerant of another person’s religious beliefs or culture. Religious scholars who emphasised ritual and dogma were often dogma bigots. Their bigot teachings create divisions and disharmony.

The central provinces under the control of the Mughals were Lahore, Panipat, Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Amber, Ajmer, Fatehpur Sikri, Chittor, Ranthambhor and Allahabad.

Babur, the first Mughal emperor (1526- 1530), succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old. He was forced to leave his ancestral throne due to the invasion of another Mongol group, the Uzbegs. After years of wandering he seized Kabul in 1504. In April 1526 he defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, and his army at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

In Iran Humayun received help from the Safavid Shah. He recaptured Delhi in 1555 but died the next year after an accident in this building.

The mansabdar’s military responsibilities required him to maintain a specified number of sawar or cavalrymen.