Humayun

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Mughal emperor historical figure

Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun	1
Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun Padshah	1
second Mughal emperor Humayun	1
Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mughal emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
ally	Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
ancestry	Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid Turco-Mongol ⓘ
architecturalLegacy	Humayun's Tomb ⓘ
birthDate	1508-03-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kabul ⓘ
burialPlace	Delhi ⓘ Humayun's Tomb ⓘ
capital	Agra ⓘ Delhi ⓘ
causeOfDeath	fall from stairs (traditional account) ⓘ
child	Akbar ⓘ
culture	Mughal dynasty ⓘ surface form: Mughal
deathDate	1556-01-27 ⓘ
deathPlace	Delhi ⓘ
dynasty	Mughal dynasty ⓘ
empire	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
era	16th century ⓘ
father	Babur ⓘ
fullName	Humayun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun
givenName	Humayun self-link ⓘ
grandfather	Umar Sheikh Mirza II ⓘ surface form: Umar Shaikh Mirza II
house	Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid
knownFor	paving the way for Akbar's expansive rule ⓘ regaining the Mughal Empire ⓘ temporarily losing the Mughal Empire to Afghan rivals ⓘ
language	Persian ⓘ
lostThroneTo	Sher Shah Suri ⓘ
mother	Maham Begum ⓘ
orderInOffice	2 ⓘ
positionHeld	Emperor of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Babur ⓘ
regainedEmpireIn	1555 ⓘ
regnalTitle	Humayun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun Padshah
reignEnd	1540 ⓘ 1556 ⓘ
reignStart	1530 ⓘ 1555 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
rival	Sher Shah Suri ⓘ Sur Empire ⓘ
soughtRefugeIn	Safavid Empire ⓘ
spouse	Hamida Banu Begum ⓘ
successor	Akbar ⓘ
successorStateAfterDefeat	Sur Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hamida Banu Begum → associatedWith → Humayun ⓘ

Umarkot → associatedWithPerson → Humayun ⓘ

Humayun's Tomb → builtFor → Humayun ⓘ

Humayun's Tomb → burialPlaceOf → Humayun ⓘ

Babur → child → Humayun ⓘ

Maham Begum → child → Humayun ⓘ

Akbar → father → Humayun ⓘ

Humayun → fullName → Humayun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun

Babur → givenName → Humayun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad

Humayun → givenName → Humayun self-link ⓘ

Murad Mirza → grandfather → Humayun ⓘ

Hamida Banu Begum → husband → Humayun ⓘ

Maham Begum → mother → Humayun ⓘ

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → notableRuler → Humayun ⓘ

subject surface form: Mughal Empire

Mughal dynasty → notableRuler → Humayun ⓘ

Akbar → predecessor → Humayun ⓘ

Humayun → regnalTitle → Humayun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun Padshah

Maham Begum → relative → Humayun ⓘ

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum → relative → Humayun ⓘ

Gulbadan Begum → sibling → Humayun ⓘ

Hindal Mirza → sibling → Humayun ⓘ

Hamida Banu Begum → spouse → Humayun ⓘ

Hamida Banu Begum → spouseOf → Humayun ⓘ

this entity surface form: second Mughal emperor Humayun

Babur → successor → Humayun ⓘ

Gulbadan Begum → wroteAbout → Humayun ⓘ