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Background
Mughal Period in India (1526-1857)
A Brief Introduction
Total duration of Reign: 331 years
Capitals:
Agra (15261571), Fatehpur Sikri (1571
1585), Lahore (15851598), Agra (1598
1648), Shah Jahanabad/Delhi (16481857)
Languages:
Persian (official and court language) Chagatai
Turkic (only initially), Urdu (later period)
Famous Emperors:
(1) Babur (1526-1530), Humayun (15301540,1555-56), Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir
(1605-1627), Shahjahan (1628-1658),
Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
Last Emperor: Bahadur Shah Zafar II
Today Part of:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan, Tajikistan
(Source: Wikipedia)
Phase I:
A devout, Orthodox Muslim and God-fearing
and Religious-minded individual.
Attachment with Chishti Sufis.
Phase II:
1575, Ibadatkhana was built in Fethpur Sikri,
Akbars quest for understanding religion
starts. Religious clerics were called for
presenting their views on Islam. The specific
nature of Mullas irritated Akbar from Islam
and he invited the clerics of other religions.
He started to follow different religious
rituals.
Phase III:
Introduction of Deen-e-Illahi
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