Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire (Urdu: ??? ??? ???, Mughal Baadshah, alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of the Indian Subcontinent, founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. The word "Mughal" is the Indo-Aryan version of "Mongol.". Religion of Mughals was Islam.

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Urdu - Mogul - Babur - 1526 - Ibrahim Lodi - Delhi Sultans - First Battle of Panipat - Mongol - Mughal - Islam

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The empire was largely conquered by Sher Shah during the time of Humayun, but under Akbar, it grew considerably, and continued to grow until the end of Aurangzeb's rule. After Aurangzeb died in 1707, the empire started a slow and steady decline in actual power, although it maintained all the trappings of power in the Indian subcontinent for another 150 years. In 1739 it was defeated by an army from Persia led by Nadir Shah. In 1756 an army of Ahmad Shah looted Delhi again. The British Empire finally dissolved it in 1857, immediately prior to which it existed only at the sufferance of the British East India Company.

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Sher Shah - Humayun - Akbar - Aurangzeb - 1707 - Indian subcontinent - 1739 - Persia - Nadir Shah - 1756 - Ahmad Shah - British Empire - 1857 - British East India Company

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