Emperor Jahangir wrote his autobiography, the ‘Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri’, in Persian. Unlike his grandfather Babur, who wrote the Baburnama in Chagatai Turkish, Jahangir used the language of the Mughal court. The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri is a valuable primary source detailing the political, cultural and ...
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The two major Deccan Sultanates conquered and annexed by Emperor Aurangzeb were Bijapur (1686) and Golconda (1687). These military campaigns in the South were the final acts of Mughal expansion, bringing the empire to its greatest geographical extent. However, the ...
Akbar first established matrimonial relations with the Kachwahas of Amber (Jaipur) in 1562. He married Harkha Bai (often inaccurately called Jodha Bai), the daughter of Raja Bharmal. This alliance was a pivotal moment in Akbar’s policy of cooperation with the ...
The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II), was the son of Akbar Shah II (reigned 1806–1837). Akbar Shah II was already a symbolic figure with limited power under British protection. Bahadur Shah Zafar inherited a hollow title ...
The Panch Mahal (Five-Storey Palace) in Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar, resembles a Buddhist Vihara in its design. Its structure consists of five stories, decreasing in size upwards, supported by columns. The open-sided, pillared pavilions, reminiscent of ancient monasteries, were ...