Here are five of the most important Mughal emperors who helped shape the empire’s story. Babur This young noble, a descendant of the world-conquering Timur, lost his homeland and was unable to ...
The Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. In the early 16th century, a warrior prince named Babur marched east from central ...
Roshanara Begum was a Mughal princess and the third daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She was the queen consort of Humayun and the mother of his successor, the third Mughal ...
In this book, unlike in her debut Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History, Mukhoty aspires to create a revisionist history of the Mughal empire through the use of less-popular texts ...
The sixth ruler of Mughal Empire was Emperor Aurangzeb. He was the son of emperor Shah Jahan had his wife Mumtaz Mahal. He was born on 3rd November, 1618. A devout Muslim, he strictly adhered to Islam ...
If anyone knew how to flaunt luxury, it was Emperor Shah Jahan—the man behind the Taj Mahal. His necklaces were next-level, and one of the most famous was a massive necklace adorned with diamonds, ...
The Mughal Empire was established in India by Babur in 1526. After Babur, his sons, Humayun and later Akbar, took charge of the empire. Initially, Humayun faced setbacks but later regained the empire.