Mughal Empire | |
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1526–1857 | |
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![]() The Mughal Empire durin the reign o Aurangzeb c. 1700 | |
Caipital | Agra (1526–1571) Fatehpur Sikri (1571–1585) Lahore (1585–1598) Agra (1598–1648) Shahjahanabad (1648–1857) |
Common leids | Persian (offeecial an court leid)[1] Chagatai Turkic (only initially) Urdu (later period) |
Releegion | Islam (1526–1582) Din-e Ilahi (1582–1605) Islam (1605–1857) |
Govrenment | Absolute monarchy, unitary state wi federal structure |
Emperor[2] | |
• 1526–1530 | Babur Beg (first) |
• 1837–1857 | Bahadur Shah II (last) |
Historical era | Early modren |
21 Aprile 1526 | |
10 Mey 1857 | |
Aurie | |
1700 | 4,500,000 km2 (1,700,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1700 | 150000000 |
Currency | Rupee |
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The Mughal Empire (Persie: گورکانیان Gūrkāniyān;[6] Urdu: مغلیہ سلطنت, Moghly-e Soltanat),[7] or Mogul (also Moghul) Empire in tradeetional English uisage, wis an imperial pouer in the Indian subcontinent frae aboot 1526 tae 1857 (though it lingered for anether century). The Mughal emperors wur Muslims an direct descendants o baith Genghis Khan (through his son Chagatai Khan) an of Tamerlane. At the heicht o their pouer in the late 17t an early 18t centuries, they controlled maist o the subcontinent—extendin frae Bengal in the east tae Balochistan in the wast, Kashmir in the north tae the Kaveri basin in the sooth. Its population at that time haes been estimatit as atween 110 an 150 million, ower a territory o mair nor 3.2 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles).[8]
In India the dynasty always called itself Gurkani, after Temür's title Gurkân, the Persianized form of the Mongolian [kürägän] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help), 'son-in-law,' a title he assumed after his marriage to a Genghisid princess.
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