Jahangir

Jahangir

4th Mughal Emperor Reign Coronation Predecessor Successor Consort Wives 15 October 1605 8 November 1627 24 October 1605 Akbar Shah Jahan Nur Jahan Sahib-i-Jamal Saliha Banu Begum Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani(mother of Shahjahan 16 other wives Full name Nur-ud-din Mohammad Jahangir House Father Mother Born Died Burial Religion House of Timur Jalal-ud-din Akbar Mariam 30 August 1569 Fatehpur Sikri 8 November 1627 (aged 58) Kashmir Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore Islam

Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, known by his imperial name Jahangir (30 August, 1569-28 October, 1627), was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. Jahangir was the eldest surviving son of Mughal Emperor Akbar and was declared successor to his father from an early age. Impatient for power, however, he revolted in 1599 while Akbar was engaged in the Deccan. Jahangir was defeated, but ultimately succeeded his father as Emperor in 1605 due to the immense support and efforts of his step-mothers, Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum and Salima Sultan Begum, both of whom wielded great influence over Akbar and favoured Jahangir as his successor.[1]The first year of Jahangir's reign saw a rebellion organized by his eldest son Khusrau Mirza. The rebellion was soon put down; Khusrau was brought before his father in chains. After subduing and executing nearly 2000 members of the rebellion, Jahangir blinded his renegade son.

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Shah Jahan

Portrait of the emperor Shajahan, enthroned[1] 5th Mughal Emperor Reign Coronation Predecessor Successor Spouse 19 January 1628 31 July 1658 (30 years 193 days) 14 February 1628, Agra Jahangir Aurangzeb Kandahari Begum Akbarabadi Mahal Mumtaz Mahal Full name A'la Azad Abul Muzaffar Shahab ud-Din Mohammad Khurram House Father Mother Born Died Burial Religion House of Timur Jahangir Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani 5 January 1592 Lahore, Pakistan 1 February 1666 (aged 74) Agra Fort, Agra, India Taj Mahal Islam

A'la Azad Abul Muzaffar Shahab ud-Din Mohammad Khurram (January 5, 1592 February 1, 1666) better known by his imperial name Shah Jahan, was the fifth Mughal Emperor who reigned from 1628 until 1658. While young, Khurram was the favourite of his legendary grandfather, the third Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. At a young age, he was chosen as successor to the Mughal throne after the death of his father, Emperor Jahangir, in 1627. He is considered one of the greatest Mughals. His reign has been called the Golden Age of the Mughals and one of the most prosperous ages of Indian civilization. Like Akbar, he was eager to expand his vast empire. In 1658, he fell ill and was confined by his son Emperor Aurangzeb in Agra Fort until his death in 1666.

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Akbar

3rd Mughal Emperor Reign Coronation Predecessor Successor Regent Consort Wives 11 February 1556 27 October 1605[1][2] 14 February 1556[1] Humayun Jahangir Bairam Khan (15561561) Ruqaiya Sultan Begum[3] Salima Sultan Begum Mariam-uz-Zamani Other 4 wives[4] Full name Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar I House Father Mother Born Died Burial Religion House of Timur Humayun Hamida Banu Begum[5] 14 October 1542[6] Umerkot, Sindh 27 October 1605 (aged 63) Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Sikandra, Agra Islam,[7] Din-e-Illahi

Akbar (Hindustani: [kbr]; 14 October 1542 27 October 1605), known as Akbar the Great, was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty in India. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include nearly all of the Indian Subcontinent north of theGodavari river. His power and influence, however, extended over the entire country because of Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. In order to preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing tribal bonds and Islamic state identity, Akbar strived to unite far-flung lands of his realm through loyalty, expressed through a Persianised culture, to himself as an emperor who had near-divine status.

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Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb seated on the Peacock Throne. 6th Mughal Emperor Reign Coronation Predecessor Successor Consort Wives 31 July 1658 3 March 1707 15 June 1659 at Red Fort,Delhi Shah Jahan Muhammad Azam Shah Dilras Banu Begum Nawab Bai Aurangabadi Mahal Full name Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Mohammad Aurangzeb House Father Mother Born Died Burial Religion Timurid Shah Jahan Mumtaz Mahal 4 November 1618 (N.S.) Dahod, Mughal Empire 3 March 1707 (aged 88) Ahmednagar, India Khuldabad Islam

Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Mohammad Aurangzeb, (4 November 1618 - 3 March 1707) commonly known as Aurangzeb and by his imperial title Alamgir ("world-seizer or universe-seizer") was the sixthMughal Emperor and ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent. His reign lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707. Aurangzeb was a notable expansionist and during his reign, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent. He was among the wealthiest of the Mughal rulers with an annual yearly tribute of 38,624,680 (in 1690). He was a pious Muslim, and his policies partly abandoned the legacy ofAkbar's secularism, which remains a very controversial aspect of his reign. During his lifetime, victories in the south expanded the Mughal Empire to more than 3.2 million square kilometres and he ruled over a population estimated as being in the range of 100-150 million subjects. He was a strong and effective ruler, but with his death the great period of the Mughal dynasty came to an end, and central control of the sub-continent declined rapidly.