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7 unusual facts about Mughal Empire


Ahmed III

The Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar a grandson of Aurangzeb, is also known to have sent a letter to the Ottomans but this time it was received by the Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha providing a graphic description of the efforts of the Mughal commander Syed Hassan Ali Khan Barha against the Rajput and Maratha rebellion.

Firishta

In the introduction, a resume of the history of Hindustan prior to the times of the Muslim conquest is given, and also the victorious progress of Arabs through the East.

Ghurid dynasty

Out of the Ghurid state grew the Delhi Sultanate which established the Persian language as the lingua franca of the region – a status it retained until the fall of the Mughal Empire in the 19th century.

Juliana Dias da Costa

Donna Juliana Dias da Costa (1658–1733) was a woman of Portuguese descent from Kochi taken to the Mughal Empire's court of Aurangzeb in Hindustan, who became Harem-Queen to the Mughal emperor of India Bahadur Shah I, Aurangzeb's son, who became the monarch in the year 1707.

Sarbloh Warriors

Set during the 18th century, the game explores how the nascent Sikh community was suffering under Mughal imperial rule and religious intolerance, and how the Sikhs rebelled against the Mughal empire to secure a future for their faith.

Sarpotdar

In 1702, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Pratinidhi & Aurangzeb as a result of which Fort Vishalgad was handed over to the Mughals for a huge consideration.The younger son of Rango Narayan namely Shamji Ranganth, however, made a conspiracy with other two officials and handed over the Fort back to the Marathas in 1707.

Sir John Child, 1st Baronet

The two men guided the affairs of the company through the period of struggle between the Mughals and Marathas.


Battle of Samugarh

The battle of Samugarh massively exposed the fratricidal culture and nature of the Mughal Empire well beyond the its realms, from Venice to Lisbon the European mariners began to realize the great weaknesses and flaws of the Mughal and Muslim rulers of South Asia in general.

Battle of Saraighat

Meanwhile, Mughal reinforcements in the shape of war-vessels and imperial officers (Omraos) reached Ram Singh, along with the Mughal admiral, Munnawar Khan and the Mughal Viceroy Shaista Khan, sent the message that Ram Singh was sent to fight the Assamese, not make friends with them.

The Battle of Saraighat was fought in 1671 between the Mughal empire (led by the Kachwaha king, Raja Ramsingh I), and the Ahom Kingdom (led by Lachit Borphukan) on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati.

Chagai District

These are also sometimes attributed to the Mughals and in any case indicate the presence of a richer civilisation than is now found among the Baloch and Brahui inhabitants of the district.

Chaukhandi Stupa

Later Govardhan, the son of a Raja, modified the stupa to its present shape by building the octagonal tower to commemorate the visit of Humayun, the powerful Mughal ruler.

Dahba

The tribe claims shoodar ancestry of Hindu caste, and descent from one Khoga, a servant of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Dasht-e Yahudi

The term was used by Persian and early Mughal historians for a stretch of territory that comprised the most Western parts of modern-day Peshawar, Charsadda, Malakand and Mardan districts where these border with Khyber Agency and Mohmand Agency.

Farrukhnagar

It was ruled by Baloch rulers, Faujdar Khan, later Dalel Khan, before being taken over the Mughals, who made Faujdar Khan, a governor by Mughal Emperor, Farrukhsiyar (r. ca 1711-1716); Later rechristened in 1732, when Faujdar christened himself the Nawab of Farrukhnagar and named the town after the Mughal emperor.

Gham e Duniya

Gham e Duniya is Adithya Srinivasan's first international single; written by Mirza Ghalib of the Mughal era and arranged by popular experimental band RURRER.

Gobindapur, Kolkata

The three villages were part of the khas mahal or imperial jagir (an estate belonging to the Mughal emperor himself), whose zemindari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family of Barisha.

Gujarati Shaikh

They played a key role in the early Islamic history of Gujarat, serving as courtiers and administrators for the Sultans of Gujarat and later Mughal rulers.

Guru Gobind Singh

The developments in the hill area caused anxiety to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who sent forces under the command of his son, to restore Mughal authority in the region.

Hazarajat

The name Hazarajat first appears in the 16th century Baburnama, written by Mughal Emperor Babur.

Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture

Confluence of different architectural styles had been attempted before during the mainly Turkic, Delhi Sultanate and Mughal periods.

Jalandhar district

In Jalandhar Mughal forces were concentrated in 1555 when Humayun returned to deliver the battle that allowed him to regain the throne and the kingdom in the vicinity saw the defeat of the forces of Bairam Khan at the hands of the imperial forces in 1560.

Kalanderpur

It is a spiritual place in Azamgarh District.There is a Dargah of Shah Qualander.This village is supposed to be developed by Dara Shikoh, who was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Kalapahad

Kalapahad or Kala Pahar (Black Mountain) was the title of an Iconoclast Muslim general of Mughal governor Sultan Sulaiman Karrani of Bengal.

Karlal

During the Mughal era, when the Gakhar Tribesmen were trying to extend their authority in the entire lower Hazara, the leader of Karlal tribe Morcha Kulli Khan killed the Gakhar chief and retained his tribe's independence.

Katil

In the time of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, the Katals Rao, Balel, Mal and Nihala converted to Islam.

Kot, Fatehpur

The relationship between tribe and ethnic group is complex, and all Khokkhars (including those in rural areas) consider themselves linked to the Pashtun people and the armies of the Moguls and Alauddin Khilji.

Lalla-Rookh

The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Muhammad Shah

After entering Delhi, Nadir Shah claimed to occupy the Mughal Empire out of religious devotion and that if "the wretched Marathas of the Deccan" moved towards Delhi, he might "send an army of victorious Qizilbash to drive them to the abyss of Hell".

Nakhoda Masjid

The mosque was built as an imitation of the mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar at Sikandra, Agra by Kutchi Memon Jamat, a small community of Sunni Muslim community from Kutch.

Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi

The Mughal Emperor bestowed on Khwaja Abid a Kilat (dress of honour) and promised him that after he returned from Mecca he could take up a post on his personal staff.

Origin of the Kingdom of Mysore

According to this theory, when the Hoysala Empire succumbed to the Mogul invasion in 1327 (and the capital Halebidu was sacked), the Hoysala family withdrew to the Tonnur region (modern Tondanur near Melkote in modern Mandya district) and continued to rule from there as petty chieftains under the Vijayanagara Empire.

Pali district

Shershah Suri was defeated by Rajput rulers in the battle of Giri near Jaitaran, Mughal emperor Akbar's army had constant battles with Maharana Pratap in Godwad area.

Pani

Some Pāṇis migrated inland to the tribal areas of Jharkhand and settled during the Mughal period (17th century).

Pen, India

When Shayastakhan was sent against Sivaji, a detachment of the Moghal army had been kept at Pen but it was subsequently routed by him.

Port of Kolkata

Kolkata Port was set up by the British East India Company after the company received trading rights from the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Residencies of British India

Before the Rebellion of 1857, the role of the British Resident in Delhi was more important than that of other Residents, because of the tension that existed between the declining Mughal Empire and the emerging power of the East India Company.

Sake Dean Mahomed

He later described the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and the cities of Allahabad and Delhi in rich detail and also made note of the faded glories of the Mughal Empire.

Salabat Jung

He was appointed as Naib Subahdar (Deputy Viceroy) to his elder brother, Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II, the Prime Minister of Mughal Empire, with the title Salabat Jung.

Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh

The new British colonial authorities that replaced the Mughals after the Battle of Buxar also made a pragmatic decision to work the with various Sayyid jagirdars.

Shah Alam II

After ten horrible weeks during which the honor of the royal family and prestige of the Mughal Empire reached its lowest ebb, loyal subjects and allies of Shah Alam II, led by Farzana Zeb un-Nissa, Ismail Beg, Mirza Shafi, Asaf-Ud-Dowlah and Mahadaji Shinde fought their way into Delhi.

Shahjahanpur, Meerut

The village is named after the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, and was said to have been founded by Mohammed Abbas Khan, a Dilazak Pashtun.

Sharan Kaur Pabla

Sharan Kaur Pabla was a Sikh martyr who was slain in 1705 by Mughal soldiers while cremating the bodies two older sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, after the battle of Chamkaur.

Sial tribe

During the fifteenth- and sixteenth centuries, during the period of the Mughal empire, the Sial and Kharal tribes were dominant in parts of the lower Bari and Rachna doabs of Punjab.

Sikandar Adil Shah

On 12 September 1686, Bijapur was occupied, its garrison surrendered and Bijapur Fort was annexed by the Mughal Empire.

Sindhi Adabi Board

The times of the Arghons, the Trakhans and the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1858) gave rise to nationalistic feelings in Sindhi literature.

Sukha Singh

Punjab had gone through an era of Sikh persecution under the Mughal governor of Lahore Zakriya Khan from 1726 to 1745 A.D. The Sikhs of Punjab had taken refuge in the deserts of the Rajputana.

Supangmung

Supangmung (reigned 1663–1670), also known as Chakradhwaj Singha (Assamese: স্বৰ্গদেউ চক্ৰধ্বজ সিংহ), was an important Ahom king under whom the Ahom kingdom took back Guwahati from the Mughals following the reverses at the hands of Mir Jumla and the Treaty of Ghilajharighat.

Turkic migration

# land of sedentary Turkic-speaking townspeople that have been subjects of the Central Asian Chagatayids, i.e. Sarts, Central Asian Mughals, Central Asian Timurids, Uyghurs of Chinese Turkestan and the later invading Tatars that came to be known as Uzbeks; This area roughly coincides with "Khorasan" in the widest sense, plus Tarim Basin which was known as Chinese Turkestan.

Zabita Khan

Zabita Khan was accused by Mirza Najaf Khan of high treason after allying himself with the Sikhs in order to become the official Mir Bakshi (state treasurer) of the Mughal Empire; his son Abdul Qadir Khan Rohilla was also accused of betrayal.


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Bamyan Province

In 1709, when the Hotaki dynasty rose to power in Kandahar and defeated the Persian Safavids, Bamyan was under the Mughal Empire until Ahmad Shah Durrani made it become part of his new Durrani Empire, which became to what is now the modern state of Afghanistan.

Khair ad-Din

Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur (1914–1975), titular Emperor of the Mughal Empire

Mirza Jawan Bakht

The new Mughal Army carried the standard of Mirza Jawan Bakht, and soon controlled a vast territory that stretched from the Satluj Valley in the west to the territories around Allahabad in the east, from Srinagar in the north to Gwalior in the south, however times were troubled and the Mughal Empire was surrounded by enemies on every side.

Pir Roshan

Based on the successes gained by a small group of dedicated people against The Mughal Empire and Akbars Din-i-Ilahi the Roshanniya Movement became somewhat of a legend which seems to have made its way to the Universities of Europe such as University of Tübingen Germany.

Shah Alam II

Meanwhile Mir Qasim's relations with the British began to worsen he initiated reforms that withdrew many of the advantages enjoyed by the British East India Company, he also ousted Ramnarian a sworn enemy of the Mughal Empire and created Firelock manufacturing factories at Patna with the sole purpose of giving advantage to the newly reformed Mughal Army.

Silver coin

The word rupee was coined by Sher Shah Suri, a renagade governor who broke off from the Mughal Empire during his short rule of northern India between (1540–1545).