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HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

including headings Babur in Kabul, Babur in India, Humayun, Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri, ...

In the decades after the death | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

In the decades after the death of Aurangzeb, in 1707, the Moghul empire fragments into numerous semi-independent territories - seized by local officials or landowners whose descendants become the rajas and nawabs of more...

In the decades after the death | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

In the decades after the death of Aurangzeb, in 1707, the Moghul empire fragments into numerous semi-independent territories - seized by local officials or landowners whose descendants become the rajas and nawabs of more...

The raid by Nadir Shah is | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Europeans in the empire

The raid by Nadir Shah is the greatest single disaster to have struck the Moghul empire, but a more serious long-term threat soon becomes evident. In 1746 open warfare breaks out between European nations on Indian soil,...

The raid by Nadir Shah is | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Europeans in the empire

The raid by Nadir Shah is the greatest single disaster to have struck the Moghul empire, but a more serious long-term threat soon becomes evident. In 1746 open warfare breaks out between European nations on Indian soil,...

By the mid-16th century the broad | HISTORY OF ISLAM

Three Muslim empires

By the mid-16th century the broad sweep of the Muslim world, from the Atlantic coast of north Africa all the way to India, has settled down as three powerful neighbouring empires.

In the west, occupying roughly th...

Babur`s control is still superficial when | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Humayun

Babur's control is still superficial when he dies in 1530, after just three years in India. His son Humayun keeps a tentative hold on the family's new possessions. But in 1543 he is driven west into Afghanistan by a forc...

Babur`s control is still superficial when | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Humayun

Babur's control is still superficial when he dies in 1530, after just three years in India. His son Humayun keeps a tentative hold on the family's new possessions. But in 1543 he is driven west into Afghanistan by a forc...

There is frequent border warfare between | HISTORY OF ISLAM

Three Muslim empires

There is frequent border warfare between Persia and its neighbours on either side, but for a century and more the three regions are relatively stable and prosperous.

Then, during the 18th century, Persia is shaken...

Nadir Shah, in a reign of | HISTORY OF IRAN (PERSIA)

Nadir Shah

Nadir Shah, in a reign of eleven years, devotes himself to conquest with the single-minded determination of Timur, the last great conqueror to sweep through these regions.

First, after a long siege in 1736, he rec...

When the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb is | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

The Moghuls after Aurangzeb

When the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb is in his eighties, and the empire in disarray, an Italian living in India (Niccolao Manucci) predicts appalling bloodshed on the old man's death, worse even than that which disfigured t...

When the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb is | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

The Moghuls after Aurangzeb

When the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb is in his eighties, and the empire in disarray, an Italian living in India (Niccolao Manucci) predicts appalling bloodshed on the old man's death, worse even than that which disfigured t...

This degree of chaos has a | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

The Moghuls after Aurangzeb

This degree of chaos has a disastrous effect on the empire built up by Akbar. The stability of Moghul India depends on the loyalty of those ruling its many regions. Some are administered on the emperor's behalf by govern...

This degree of chaos has a | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

The Moghuls after Aurangzeb

This degree of chaos has a disastrous effect on the empire built up by Akbar. The stability of Moghul India depends on the loyalty of those ruling its many regions. Some are administered on the emperor's behalf by govern...

Late in 1404 Timur rides east | HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS

The conqueror's declining years

Late in 1404 Timur rides east to invade China. He gets no further than Chimkent before he falls ill, in January 1405, and dies.

Though he has reconquered much of the western Mongol empire, it is the example of S...

Late in 1404 Timur rides east | TIMUR OR TAMBURLAINE

The conqueror's declining years

Late in 1404 Timur rides east to invade China. He gets no further than Chimkent before he falls ill, in January 1405, and dies.

Though he has reconquered much of the western Mongol empire, it is the example of S...

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Jahangir

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by his eldest and only surviving son, Jahangir. Two other sons have died of drink, and Jahangir's effectiveness as a ruler is limited by his own addiction to both alcohol and opium. But the emp...

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Jahangir

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by his eldest and only surviving son, Jahangir. Two other sons have died of drink, and Jahangir's effectiveness as a ruler is limited by his own addiction to both alcohol and opium. But the emp...

Bihzad introduces a new animation in | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Persian miniatures

Bihzad introduces a new animation in the figures of a scene, making them more realistic and at the same time setting them in a more unified composition of line, space and colour. His example, and the work of his follower...

Mercator publishes in 1569 a map | HISTORY OF MAPS

Mercator

Mercator publishes in 1569 a map of the world specifically stated, in its title, to be intended as an aid to navigation. It is laid out on the projection now known by Mercator's name, though it has been used by one or tw...

Mercator publishes in 1569 a map | HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY

Mercator

Mercator publishes in 1569 a map of the world specifically stated, in its title, to be intended as an aid to navigation. It is laid out on the projection now known by Mercator's name, though it has been used by one or tw...

Direct provocation of this kind is | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

Direct provocation of this kind is untypical of Shah Jahan, but it becomes standard policy during the reign of his son Aurangzeb. His determination to impose strict Islamic rule on India undoes much of what was achieved...

Direct provocation of this kind is | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

Direct provocation of this kind is untypical of Shah Jahan, but it becomes standard policy during the reign of his son Aurangzeb. His determination to impose strict Islamic rule on India undoes much of what was achieved...

The earliest organized team sport, of | HISTORY OF SPORTS AND GAMES

Polo

The earliest organized team sport, of a kind recognizably surviving today, is polo. The game originates in Persia and probably derives from the training of the imperial Persian cavalry. The traditional date for its emerg...