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Agra–Bhopal section

The Agra–Bhopal section is a railway line connecting the 16-17th century capital of the Mughals, Agra and Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Ahom–Mughal conflicts

They encamped at Kaliabor, the Vice Regal headquarters, from where they conducted their war operations against the Mughals.

Ajit Singh of Marwar

Ajit Singh's mother convinced her relative, the Rana of Mewar Raj Singh I to join in fighting against the Mughals, but even this did not help their cause much.

Bahadur Shah I

The Bihari-Bhutanese alliance was defeated during the Battle of Patgram and the Mughals captured Boda, Patgram, eastern Pargana, Karjihat, Kakina and Fatehpur Chakla by the year 1714.

Balapur Fort

With Balapur hailed as an important military station during the times of the Mughals, the fort too was built keeping in mind the town's military responsibilities and position.

Battle of Saraighat

Though the Mughals managed to regain Guwahati briefly after a later Borphukan deserted it, the Ahoms wrested control in the Battle of Itakhuli in 1682 and maintained it till the end of their rule.

The Mughal admiral Munnawar Khan, smoking a hookah was killed by a gunshot from the back, throwing the Mughals out of gear.

Bhadkal Gate

It was built by Ahamadnagar's Murtaza Nizamshah's vajir Malik Ambar in memory of victory against the Mughals in 1612.

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.

Demography of Rawalpindi District

The main tribes of the district are Rajput, Ghakars, Awan, Dhund Abbasi, Dhanyal, Kethwal, Bhatti, Chauhan, Janjua, Maliar, Mangral, Jasgam, Mughals, Pashtuns, Jats, Qureshi, Rawal, Satti, Sheikh, Kashmiris, Gujars and Sayyid.

Fatehabad district

The areas of Fatehabad came under the control of Mughals-Babar and Humayun.

Golra Sharif

With the passage of time, it was overrun by many foreign invaders, such as Greeks, Persians, Afghans, White Huns, Mughals, Sikhs and the British.

Hafyal

Some Hafyal claim to be Chughtai Mughals, although traditions make them out to be a branch of the Minhas Rajputs.

History of Bareilly

Originally, some 20,000 soldiers from various Pashtun Tribes ( Yusafzais, Ghoris, Lodis, Ghilzai, Barech, Marwat, Durrani, Tanoli, Tarin, Kakar, Khattak, Afridi and Baqarzai ) were hired by Mughals to provide soldiers to the Mughal armies and this was appreciated by Aurangzeb Alamgir, an additional force of 25,000 men was given respected positions in Mughal Army.

History of Beltola

When he was still a prince, he joined the Ahom forces led by Lachit Borphukan against the invading Mughal forces led by Raja Ram Singh I of Amber and participated in the famous Battle of Saraighat, in which the Ahoms won a decisive victory against the Mughals.

History of Tripura

This was their most glorious period and their power and fame was even acknowledged by the Mughals, who were their contemporaries in North India.

Humayun's Tomb

Constructed in 1547 CE, it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals.

Khwaja Alimullah

The French bought it from Matiullah, whose father, Sheikh Enayetullah, a zamindar of Jamalpur pargana in Barisal during Mughals reign, built it as his Rang Mahal (pleasure house).

Koch Bihar

Aided by the Bhutanese, Yajna Narayan fought the Mughals at Patgram but was defeated.

Lohagarh Fort

Moti Mahal and towers like Jawahar Burj and Fateh Burj were erected to commemorate the victory over the Mughals and the British army .

Maratha Light Infantry

Their military qualities were brilliantly optimised in their historic campaigns against the Mughals and the English, under the leadership of the Emperor Shivaji and succeeding Maratha rulers.

Mir Jafar

The Mughals were also joined by Jean Law and 200 Frenchmen and waged a campaign against the British during the Seven Years' War.

Mughal gardens

The first serious historical study of Mughal gardens was written by Constance Villiers-Stuart, with the title Gardens of the Great Mughals (1913).

Netaji Palkar

After an agreement of Mirza Raja Jai Singh and Shivaji, Shivaji was made to give 23 forts to the Mughals and also fight against the Adilshah of Bijapur.

Raja Jagat Singh

The rebellious and fiercely independent attitude of Suraj Mal was a source of constant annoyance to the Mughals and caused their emperor, Jahangir, to exile him to Chamba and place Jagat Singh on the gaddi'’ (throne).

Mughals lost several of their commanders to Jagat Singh's men, including Khusru Beg and Asaf Khan.

Ramsingh I

The Assam forces, under Lachit Borphukan, unable to match the Mughals on land, were able to win the decisive Battle of Saraighat on the Brahmaputra river which forced Ram Singh to retreat back to Mughal territory.

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.

Shah Alam II

Prince Ali Gauhar successfully advanced as far as Patna, which he later besieged with a combined army of over 40,000 in order to capture or kill Ramnarian a sworn enemy of the Mughals.

Sikandar Shah Suri

Sikandar sent a force of 30,000 horses but they were defeated by the Mughal army in a battle at Machhiwara and Sirhind was occupied by the Mughals.

Sinhagad

Shivaji Maharaj recaptured it back in 1656 again with the help of Bapuji Mudgal Deshpande,who convinced Fort commander by giving land in newly created Shivapur village and peacefully gained control of fort.This Fort saw attacks of Mughals on 1662, 1663 and 1665.

Sir John Child, 1st Baronet

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

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.

Chakradhwaj Singha also ordered his Prime Minister Atan Burhagohain, a skilled soldier, military engineer and diplomat to accompany Lachit Borphukan on the campaign to oust the Mughals from Assam.

Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet

During the rainy season he used to stay at 'Dilkusha' (Delight of the Heart), which was built on the first floor of the tomb of Mohammed Quli Khan, brother of Adham Khan, general of Mughal Emperor, Akbar, situated south east of the Qutb complex in Mehrauli, an area which was also the traditional retreat of the Mughals for the season.

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.


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