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16th-century Mughal Empire people

  • AkbarOn the 15th of October 1542, Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar drew his first breath inside the Rajput Fortress of Amarkot. His parents had fled westward after…
  • Ustad Ali QuliIn 1507, the Ottoman Sultan Selim I issued a direct order for Babur to accept him as rightful suzerain. Babur refused that command and instead gathered…
  • Nizamuddin AhmadKhwaja Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad Bakshi was born in 1551 and died in 1621 or 1030 AH. He served as Akbar's Mir Bakhshi, a high-ranking official responsible for…
  • Bhagwant DasAmber Fort stood as the capital of Raja Bhagwant Das, a place that would define his legacy. Born in 1527 to Phulvati of Mandore, he was the eldest son of…
  • BaburUmar Shaikh Mirza II died in 1494 while tending pigeons in an ill-constructed dovecote that toppled into the ravine below the palace.
  • HumayunOn the 26th of December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father Babur to the throne of Delhi as ruler of the Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent.
  • Masum ShahMir Muhammad Masoom Shah Bakhri emerged from the town of Bakhar in Sindh during the sixteenth century. He carried the title Syed Nizamuddin Mir Muhammad…
  • Fathullah ShiraziSayyed Mīr Fathullāh Shīrāzī was born and raised in the city of Shiraz within Safavid Iran. He received his education at the school of Azar Kayvan during the…
  • Bairam KhanThe region of Badakhshan in Central Asia produced Muhammad Bairam Khan on the 18th of January 1501. He belonged to the Baharlu Turkoman clan within the Kara…