Kandahar permanently slipped out of the hands of the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan. Despite numerous campaigns, the city was finally and conclusively seized by the Safavid Persians in 1649. The subsequent Mughal efforts under Aurangzeb to reclaim ...
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Ain-i-Akbari was written by Abul Fazal, Akbar’s court historian. It is an administrative and statistical record of Akbar’s empire. The book describes revenue systems, military organization, social customs, religions and imperial departments. It forms the third part of the Akbarnama ...
Akbar awarded the title “Zariqalam,” meaning “Golden Pen,” to Muhammad Hussain. He was a skilled calligrapher known for his beautiful writing in Persian script. The title recognized his artistic excellence and contribution to Mughal court culture and manuscripts. Answer: (C) ...
The main group involved in the overthrow of Razia Begum (r. 1236–1240) was the powerful faction of Turkish nobles, specifically the ‘Chahalgani’ or the Forty. They refused to accept a woman as the sovereign ruler, viewing her ascension and her ...
Iltutmish is credited with pioneering early Sultanate tomb architecture and building the tomb of his son, Nasiruddin Mahmud, at Sultan Garhi near Delhi. His constructions blended indigenous and Islamic motifs and set architectural precedents for later monumental tomb-building in medieval ...