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Akbar
- AkbarAkbar was fourteen years old when Bairam Khan enthroned him on a newly built platform at Kalanaur in Punjab and proclaimed him Shahanshah, the Persian title…
- Tomb of Mariam-uz-ZamaniThe Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani stands in Agra's Sikandra suburb, just steps from the grave of the Mughal Emperor Akbar himself.
- RazmnamaThe Razmnama arrived at the Mughal court not as a curiosity but as a command. Emperor Akbar ordered a Persian translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata…
- Nizamuddin AhmadNizamuddin Ahmad was born in 1551, and by the time he died in 1621, he had left behind a book that preserved centuries of Indian history no other surviving…
- HumayunHumayun was descending the stone staircase from his library, the Sher Mandal, with his arms full of books. It was the 24th of January 1556.
- Ain-i-AkbariThe Ain-i-Akbari, whose title translates as "Administration of Akbar", was composed in Persian between 1589 and 1596 by Abu'l Fazl, the court historian of…
- Akbar's tombAkbar's tomb stands in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, on 119 acres of grounds that once held the remains of one of the most consequential rulers the…
- AkbarnamaThe Akbarnama is not just a history book. It is the official record of an empire, commissioned by the emperor himself, written by one of his closest allies…
- Din-i IlahiDin-i Ilahi, which translates literally as "God's Religion" or "Divine Religion", was born in 1582 from the mind of one of the most powerful rulers the world…
- Humayun's TombHumayun's tomb stands in Delhi, India, as a structure that changed the course of an entire architectural tradition. It was the first garden-tomb on the…
- Ibadat KhanaIbadat Khana, the House of Worship, was built in 1575 CE by the Mughal Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. Every Thursday evening, a striking gathering took…
- Hamida Banu BegumHamida Banu Begum was fourteen years old and living in the household of a Mughal prince when the emperor of India decided he wanted to marry her. She refused.
- Agra FortAgra Fort sits 2.5 kilometres northwest of the Taj Mahal, and yet it is the older story. When Shah Jahan finally built his famous tomb across the river, he…
- Fatehpur SikriFatehpur Sikri stands 35.7 km from Agra, a city that was built, gloried in, and then simply walked away from. Emperor Akbar raised it from a rocky ridge in…
- Salim ChishtiSalim Chishti was a Sufi saint whose prayer for an emperor changed the shape of one of history's greatest cities. He lived from 1478 to 1572, nearly a full…