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India - Mughal Empire, 1526-1761: The Mughal Empire at its zenith commanded resources unprecedented in Indian history and covered almost the entire subcontinent. From 1556 to 1707, during the heyday of its fabulous wealth and glory, the Mughal Empire was a fairly efficient and centralized organization, with a vast complex of personnel, money, and information dedicated to the service of the ...
Mughal clothing. Young Babur seeks his grandmother Aisan Daulat Begum 's advice, c. 1590–1592. Mughal clothing refers to clothing worn by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the extent of their empire. Much of them were already being used in the past centuries before their arrival in Indian subcontinent.
Hotak dynasty. The Hotak dynasty ( Pashto: د هوتکيانو ټولواکمني Persian: امپراتوری هوتکیان) was an Afghan monarchy founded by Ghilji Pashtuns that briefly ruled portions of Iran and Afghanistan during the 1720s. [2] [3] It was established in April 1709 by Mirwais Hotak, who led a successful rebellion against ...
1526. Preceded by. Succeeded by. Sayyid dynasty. Jaunpur Sultanate. Mughal Empire. The Lodi dynasty ( Persian: سلسله لودی) was a dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. [4] It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty. [5]
The foreign relations of the Mughal Empire were characterized by competition with the Persian Empire to the west, the Marathas and others to the south, and the British to the east. Steps were taken by successive Mughal rulers to secure the western frontiers of India. The Khyber Pass along the Kabul - Qandahar route was the natural defence for ...
The dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, a viceroy of the Deccan under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721 who intermittently ruled under the title "Asaf Jah" in 1924. After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the Mughal Empire crumbled, and the viceroy in Hyderabad, the young Asaf Jah, declared..himself independent.
The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi, was a Shia, [11] and later Sunni Muslim, [8] [9] [10] dynasty founded by Yusuf Adil Shah, that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur, centred on present-day Bijapur district, Karnataka in India, in the Western area of the Deccan region of Southern India from 1489 to 1686. [12] Bijapur had been a province of the Bahmani ...
