Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) inside the Agra Fort. It was constructed between 1648 and 1654 and is made of white marble, renowned for its simple, yet elegant, beauty and flawless symmetry. Another Moti Masjid was later ...
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Babur was the first Mughal ruler to include Kabul and Kandahar within his empire’s sphere of influence. After being driven from Fergana, he captured Kabul in 1504, making it his operational base and establishing a secure supply route. This conquest ...
Babur was known as the ‘Prince of Gardens’ due to his profound interest in planning and designing gardens based on the Persian Charbagh style. He meticulously planned numerous gardens wherever he conquered, documenting their layout and flora in his autobiography, ...
The body of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was initially buried in a garden in Agra after his death in 1530. However, in accordance with his last wishes, his Afghan widow, Bibi Mubarika Yusufzai, later exhumed his body ...
The original tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti in Fatehpur Sikri, built in red sandstone, was later converted entirely into white marble by Emperor Jahangir. Jahangir revered the Sufi saint, who had blessed his father, Akbar, with the birth of an ...