Mughal Empire

[Jaketh]

can anyone give me some info on them?(rise,fall,expansion) im interested in them

[removeduser_052420]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religi...empire_1.shtml

Good info, with pictures.

[Arbitrary Crusader]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire

[Babur]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religi...empire_1.shtml

Good info, with pictures.

Humayun's reign is omitted in that link, his reign was crucial for the development of Indo-Persian culture.

It calls Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, Abu Akbar though lol

it also calls Shah Jahan, Jahan simply.


I created this group on the Mughals:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/group.php?groupid=859

I recommend Francis Robinson's The Mughal Emperors if you want an account of their rise,expansion and fall.Also The Great Mughals by Bamber Gascoigne is a great book on this too.

The Mughals happen to be one of my specialities

[Copperknickers II]

can anyone give me some info on them?(rise,fall,expansion) im interested in them

The Mughals are one of my specialities also. Here's an article i wrote, which i think provides a brief but relatively detailed summary.

The main rulers were:

Babur - founder, spent years wandering in the deserts of Central Asia where he met an old man, who apparently told him of a 'promised land' of Hindustan, which he set about conquering with some help from his Persian friends.

Humayun - my personal favourite. Lost his throne to an Afghan from Bihar names Sher Shah Suri, then got it back after defeating Sher shah's successor, before falling down the stairs of his observatory and dying.

Akbar - greatest emperor in terms of expanding the empire, hence his nickname (akbar = great)

Jahangir - not hugely exciting imo

Jahan - very interesting, founded a religion which was followed by a large number of people, among other things

Aurangzeb Alamgir- expanded to its fullest extent, though extremely ruthless.

after this the empire collapsed, and by 1858 (over a hundred years later to be fair) the position 'Mughal Emperor' was little more than an honorary title.

[Babur]

A series of articles I wrote on the first three Mughals in great detail:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=156483

The main symbols of the Mughal Empire were these:



shir o korshid, just like in Iran zamin

[Jaketh]

thanks guys, i honestly never heard of them before i played ETW

[Babur]

thanks guys, i honestly never heard of them before i played ETW

Well I have heard about them all my life , the city where I am from, Delhi was the Mughal Capital from 1639-1857 .

I also wrote an article on Afghanistan during the Mughal period:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=306214

[Copperknickers II]

thanks guys, i honestly never heard of them before i played ETW

Unbelievable! Its not really your fault, its societies. The Mughals are up there with the Mongols and the Romans and the British as one of the greatest empires of all time. At one point, a fifth of the world's material wealth was to be found in India.

[alhoon]

thanks guys, i honestly never heard of them before i played ETW

You're not alone. Not that I'm proud of it.

Delhi was the Mughal Capital from 1639-1857 .

And it's a town in ETW...

What ethnicity are you?

Whatever he's now, he's a Mongol descendant.

[Babur]

And it's a town in ETW...

yeah , it was called Shahjahanabad in the time of ETW and was the capital of the Mughal Empire

[Babur]

Oh, and Yo Babur, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish, but Lahore is the best mughal capital of all time!

lol it was only Mughal capital for a brief period, otherwise the capital was Agra from 1526-1639 and Delhi from 1639-1857, there was a reason why Delhi's Red Fort was called Qila-i-Mubarak you know because the Royal family resided there.It was known as Shahjahanabad from the time of Shah Jahan onwards since he made it his capital.Sadly after 1739 it lost much of its glory after it was looted by Nadir Shah's army, here is a painting from the time showing the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah with Nadir Shah:



Delhi was also where Bahadur Shah Zafar resided and here is a picture of him taken before being exiled to Rangoon:





If you said Agra was the best Mughal capital of all time then I could understand because even into Aurangzeb's time, the court was held there.

[The Fishman]

Mughals were a mixed bunch. Some were quite good, and others were complete monsters, especially Aarungzeb. All were very cultured though. India has always been a cultural and financial powerhouse when united under a single kingdom. It's a shame that the Marathas didn't last longer.

[Babur]

Mughals were a mixed bunch. Some were quite good, and others were complete monsters, especially Aarungzeb. All were very cultured though. India has always been a cultural and financial powerhouse when united under a single kingdom.

Indeed they were all very cultured

It's a shame that the Marathas didn't last longer.

I am not a massive fan of the Marathas though

[Babur]

The emperors were very diverse. Akbar and Jahan were open and tolerant, if extremely grandiose. Jahangir was plain hedonistic. Aurangzeb was ruthless. Humayun was lethargic.

However resentment amongst the ulema began to build up during Akbar's reign and this would later come into the open when Aurangzeb rebelled against Shah Jahan in 1657.Shah Jahan favoured Dara Shukoh over Aurangzeb and this would prove disastrous.

[removeduser_052420]

just a bit

most people haven't heard of the Saffavid(sp?) Empire, Ottoman Empire, Mughal empire, etc.
A shame, even if they learned it in History, they soon forget. Most don't know where Persia was.
I grew up in Lahore(and Kashmir) so i have seen the monuments there, like the badshahi Musjid, Shahi Kila, Etc. Moved to US three years ago.

Are you Pakistani?

well they could at least bring some of their food here too, it is awesome

Biryani Zindabad

[KngGilgamesh]

You aern't either....



Nice! Too many punjabis on these forums
And no problem, I have finals too, unfortunately

Punjab is the most populated area in both India and Pakistan,

[Ottaman Emperor Mehmet]

wow , im actually a relative of the desendant of the muhul empire and when i went to tthier house in india OH MAN they had a toilet seat made of gold NO JOKE...!!!!

[uzi716]

can anyone give me some info on them?(rise,fall,expansion) im interested in them

This should help

[Ottaman Emperor Mehmet]

theres a mvie about akbar but is in urdu , with english subtitles though its still awesome,
http://www.jodhaaakbar.com/