Mughal dynasty

The Mughal dynasty (Persian: دودمان مغل‎; Dudmân-e Mughal) was an imperial Indian dynasty,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] which comprised the members of the imperial House of Babur (Persian: خاندانِ آلِ بابُر‎; Khāndān-e-Āl-e-Bābur), also known as the Gurkanis (Persian: گورکانیان‎; Gūrkāniyān),^[5] who ruled the Mughal Empire from c. 1526 to 1857.

The Mughal dynasty is generally divided into the following:

Early or Great Mughals

Babur (reigned 1526-1530) founded the dynasty;
Humayun (r: 1530-1540, then interregnum,^[6] then back in 1555-1556)
Akbar the Great (1556-1605)
Jahangir (1606-1627)
Shah Jahan (1628-1658)
Aurangzeb Alamgir (1658-1707)

Later or Lesser Mughals

Shah Alam Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712)
Jahandar Shah (1712-1713)
Farrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
Muhammad Shah Rangeela (1719-1748)
Ahmad Shah (1748-1754)
Alamgir II (1754-1759)
Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
Akbar (Shah) II (1806-1837)
Bahadur Shah Zaffar II (1837-1858)

References

↑ Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. p. 198. The Mughals were an Indian Islamic dynasty which ruled most of northern India (including the area of present-day Pakistan) from the beginning of the six- teenth to the mid-eighteenth century.
↑ The Limits of Universal Rule Eurasian Empires Compared. p. 276. From the time of Akbar, who resurrected the Mughal polity, to the last formidable Mughal ruler Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Mughal preoccupation with the Deccan was the single most important sign of the fact that these Timurids had become an Indian dynasty. {{cite book}}: line feed character in |title= at position 29 (help)
↑ Otorbaev, Djoomart. Central Asia's Economic Rebirth in the Shadow of the New Great Game. Babur, the founder of the Indian Mughal dynasty, was born in the Ferghana Valley.
↑ Lorentz, John. The A to Z of Iran. p. 283. As the 17th century unfolded, the Safavid rulers not only had the Ottomans to contend with, but also the new Russian Mus- covy that had deposed of the Golden Horde and expanded to Safavid borders, as well as the Indian Mughal Dynasty that had expanded through Afghanistan and into Iranian territory.
↑ Zahir ud-Din Mohammad (10 September 2002). Thackston, Wheeler M. (ed.). The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor. New York: Modern Library. p. xlvi. ISBN 978-0-375-76137-9. In India the dynasty always called itself Gurkani, after Temür's title Gurkân, the Persianized form of the Mongolian kürägän, 'son-in-law,' a title Temür assumed after his marriage to a Genghisid princess.
↑ In which Sher Shah Suri the Pashtun soldier and his successors briefly took over the government

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[1] Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. p. 198. The Mughals were an Indian Islamic dynasty which ruled most of northern India (including the area of present-day Pakistan) from the beginning of the six- teenth to the mid-eighteenth century.

[2] The Limits of Universal Rule Eurasian Empires Compared. p. 276. From the time of Akbar, who resurrected the Mughal polity, to the last formidable Mughal ruler Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Mughal preoccupation with the Deccan was the single most important sign of the fact that these Timurids had become an Indian dynasty. {{cite book}}: line feed character in |title= at position 29 (help)

[3] Otorbaev, Djoomart. Central Asia's Economic Rebirth in the Shadow of the New Great Game. Babur, the founder of the Indian Mughal dynasty, was born in the Ferghana Valley.

[4] Lorentz, John. The A to Z of Iran. p. 283. As the 17th century unfolded, the Safavid rulers not only had the Ottomans to contend with, but also the new Russian Mus- covy that had deposed of the Golden Horde and expanded to Safavid borders, as well as the Indian Mughal Dynasty that had expanded through Afghanistan and into Iranian territory.

[Thackston2-5] Zahir ud-Din Mohammad (10 September 2002). Thackston, Wheeler M. (ed.). The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor. New York: Modern Library. p. xlvi. ISBN 978-0-375-76137-9. In India the dynasty always called itself Gurkani, after Temür's title Gurkân, the Persianized form of the Mongolian kürägän, 'son-in-law,' a title Temür assumed after his marriage to a Genghisid princess.

[6] In which Sher Shah Suri the Pashtun soldier and his successors briefly took over the government

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