The main reason for Babur’s victory in the Battle of Panipat (1526) was his superior tactical use of the Tulughma system. This military strategy, combined with the effective use of artillery (cannons) placed strategically behind carts, allowed his smaller army ...
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The modern Indian historian A. L. Srivastava called Shah Jahan’s reign the ‘Golden Age’ of the Mughal period. This designation is primarily due to the unparalleled flourishing of art and architecture, notably the construction of the Taj Mahal and the ...
The historian who labeled Akbar’s ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ a religion was Abdul Qadir Badauni. As an orthodox Muslim theologian and chronicler, Badauni was severely critical of Akbar’s syncretic policies, viewing the Din-i-Ilahi not as a philosophy but as a heretical new religion ...
The Tomb of Rabia-ud-Daurani (Dilras Banu Begum), famously known as the Bibi Ka Maqbara, is often called the ‘Second Taj Mahal’ or the ‘Mini-Taj Mahal’. Located in Aurangabad, it was commissioned by Emperor Aurangzeb’s son, Prince Azam Shah, in 1660, ...
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 ...