Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)

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Islamic dynasty early modern state empire

The Mughal Empire was a powerful early modern Islamic dynasty that ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 19th century, renowned for its centralized administration, cultural synthesis, and monumental architecture such as the Taj Mahal.

Aliases (17)

Mughal Empire ×250
Mughal period ×10
Mughal era ×9
Mughal Empire (as dominant North Indian power) ×1
Mughal Empire (indirectly through the Carnatic) ×1
Mughal Empire (intermittently) ×1
Mughal Empire (late period) ×1
Mughal Empire (nominally) ×1
Mughal Empire (through his son Babur) ×1
Mughal Empire in India ×1
Mughal Empire territory ×1
Mughal Empire under Babur ×1
Mughal India ×1
Mughal architecture ×1
Mughal conquest of India ×1
early Mughal Empire ×1
late Mughal Empire ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic dynasty → early modern state → empire →
administrativeSystem	mansabdari system →
architecturalStyle	Mughal architecture →
capital	Agra → Delhi →
continent	Asia →
countryToday	Afghanistan → Bangladesh → India → Myanmar → Nepal → Pakistan →
courtLanguage	Persian →
culturalContribution	Persianate court culture → development of Urdu → miniature painting →
currency	rupee →
dynasty	Timurid dynasty →
economicBase	agrarian economy →
endEvent	Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
endYear	1857 →
ethnicOriginOfDynasty	Turco-Mongol →
export	indigo → spices → textiles →
foundedBy	Babur →
foundingDate	1526 →
foundingEvent	First Battle of Panipat →
governmentType	absolute monarchy → centralized bureaucracy →
knownFor	centralized administration → cultural synthesis → monumental architecture → religious tolerance under Akbar →
lastEmperor	Bahadur Shah II →
legalSystem	Islamic law with imperial regulations →
militaryTechnology	gunpowder weapons →
namedAfter	Mongol →
notableBuilding	Fatehpur Sikri → Humayun's Tomb → Jama Masjid, Delhi → Red Fort → Taj Mahal →
notableRuler	Akbar → Aurangzeb → Babur → Humayun → Jahangir → Shah Jahan →
officialLanguage	Persian →
overthrownBy	British Empire →
partOf	Gunpowder Empires →
peakUnder	Akbar → Aurangzeb → Shah Jahan →
populationPeakApprox	over 100 million →
predecessor	Delhi Sultanate →
region	Indian subcontinent →
religion	Sunni Islam →
religiousPolicyUnderAkbar	sulh-i kul →
startYear	1526 →
successor	British Raj → Maratha Empire → various princely states →
symbol	peacock throne →
taxSystem	zabt system →
trade	Indian Ocean trade →

Referenced by (215)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akbar II ("Mughal Empire") → Bega Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Bengal Subah ("Mughal Empire") → Birbal ("Mughal Empire") → Deccan wars against Bijapur ("Mughal Empire") → Hamida Banu Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Jagat Gosain ("Mughal Empire") → Khusrav Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → Maham Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Mir Bakhshi ("Mughal Empire") → Mir Jafar ("Mughal Empire") → Mughal court artisans ("Mughal Empire") → Murad Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → Najafi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") → Parviz Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → Ruqaiya Sultan Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Alam II ("Mughal Empire") → Zafar ("Mughal Empire") → Zeenat Mahal ("Mughal Empire") →	country
Akbar ("Mughal Empire") → Ashraf Mahal ("Mughal Empire") → Bahadur Shah II ("Mughal Empire") → Dildar Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Faizi ("Mughal Empire") → Gulbadan Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Haji Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Hindal Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → Lal Bai ("Mughal Empire") → Mir Taqi Mir ("Mughal Empire") → Mumtaz Mahal ("Mughal Empire") → Nur Jahan ("Mughal Empire") → Sahiba Banu Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Salim ("Mughal Empire") → Salima Sultan Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ("Mughal Empire") → Taj Mahal Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Zeb-un-Nissa ("Mughal Empire") →	countryOfCitizenship
Agra Fort ("Mughal period") → Bengal Subah ("Mughal era") → Dahod ("Mughal Empire") → Hyderabad, Sindh ("Mughal period") → Lahore ("Mughal Empire") → Multan ("Mughal period") → Murshidabad ("Mughal period") → Oude ("Mughal period") → Rohilkhand ("Mughal period") → Srinagar ("Mughal era") → Surat ("Mughal period") →	historicalEra
Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ("Mughal Empire") → Alamgir I ("Mughal Empire") → Aurangzeb ("Mughal Empire") → Bahadur Shah II ("Mughal Empire") → Dara Shikoh ("Mughal Empire") → Khurram ("Mughal Empire") → Mir Jafar ("Mughal Empire") → Mirza Ghalib ("Mughal Empire") → Mumtaz Mahal ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Jahan ("Mughal Empire") →	birthPlace
Arcot ("Mughal Empire (indirectly through the Carnatic)") → Bengal Subah ("Mughal Empire") → First Battle of Panipat ("Mughal conquest of India") → Mir Bakhshi ("Mughal Empire") → Mughal Subah of Awadh ("Mughal Empire") → Nawab of Bengal ("Mughal Empire") → Nawab of the Carnatic ("Mughal Empire") → Oudh ("Mughal Empire") → Shahjahanabad ("Mughal Empire") → Sind ("Mughal Empire") →	partOf
Aisha Sultan Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar ("Mughal Empire") → Mariam-uz-Zamani ("Mughal Empire") → Mausoleum of Aurangzeb ("Mughal Empire") → Naubat Khana ("Mughal Empire") → Sikandra ("Mughal Empire") → Taj Mahal Begum ("late Mughal Empire") → Turco-Mongol ("Mughal Empire") → Umar Sheikh Mirza II ("Mughal Empire (through his son Babur)") →	associatedWith
Baburnama ("Mughal Empire") → Din-i Ilahi ("Mughal Empire") → Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ("Mughal Empire") → Muhammad Akbar ("Mughal Empire") → Peacock Throne ("Mughal Empire") → Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri ("Mughal Empire") →	countryOfOrigin
Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ("Mughal Empire") → Akbar ("Mughal Empire") → Alamgir I ("Mughal Empire") → Babur ("Mughal Empire") → Khurram ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Jahan ("Mughal Empire") →	deathPlace
Bairam Khan ("Mughal Empire") → Daniyal Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → Humayun ("Mughal Empire") → Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Jahan ("Mughal Empire") →	empire
Chatta Chowk ("Mughal era") → Diwan-i-Aam ("Mughal Empire") → Diwan-i-Khas ("Mughal Empire") → Mir Bakhshi ("Mughal era") → Palashi ("Mughal era") →	historicalPeriod
Rang Mahal ("Mughal period") → Salima Sultan Begum ("Mughal era") → Siraj ud-Daulah ("Mughal Empire (late period)") → Tomb of Akbar the Great ("Mughal Empire") →	era
Battle of Khanwa ("Mughal Empire") → Deccan wars against Bijapur ("Mughal Empire") → Fall of Raigad Fort ("Mughal Empire") →	belligerent
Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ("Mughal Empire") → Hamida Banu Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Mirza Ghalib ("Mughal Empire") →	citizenship
Battle of Palkhed ("Mughal Empire") → Fall of Raigad Fort ("Mughal Empire") → Third Battle of Panipat ("Mughal Empire") →	countryAtTime
Delhi Sultanate ("Mughal Empire") → Lodi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") → Qutb Shahi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	followedBy
Mir Taqi Mir ("Mughal Empire") → Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ("Mughal Empire") → Zafar ("Mughal Empire") →	placeOfBirth
Birbal ("Mughal era") → Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ("Mughal period") → Mariam-uz-Zamani ("Mughal era") →	timePeriod
Bairam Khan ("Mughal Empire") → Murad Mirza ("Mughal Empire") →	allegiance
Haji Begum ("Mughal Empire") → Sulh-i Kul ("Mughal Empire") →	associatedWithEmpire
Lahori Gate ("Mughal Empire") → Red Fort ("Mughal Empire") →	builtBy
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa ("Mughal Empire") → World-reflecting Mosque ("Mughal Empire") →	builtByDynasty
Battle of Buxar ("Mughal Empire") → Battle of Ghaghra ("Mughal Empire") →	combatant
Alamgir I ("Mughal Empire") → Jahangir ("Mughal Empire") →	countryRuled
Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak ("Mughal Empire") → Faizi ("Mughal Empire") →	employer
Orissa ("Mughal Empire") → Punjabi people ("Mughal Empire") →	historicallyRuledBy
Rajaram I ("Mughal Empire") → Sambhaji ("Mughal Empire") →	opponent
British India → Maratha Empire ("Mughal Empire (as dominant North Indian power)") →	precededBy
Asaf Jahi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") → Sur Empire ("Mughal Empire") →	predecessor
Lodi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") → Lodi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	successor
Mirza ("Mughal Empire") → ud-Daulah ("Mughal Empire") →	usedInRegion
Fatehpur Sikri ("Mughal Empire") → Lahore ("Mughal Empire (intermittently)") →	wasCapitalOf
Kabul ("Mughal Empire") → Malwa ("Mughal Empire") →	wasPartOf
Mir Bakhshi ("Mughal Empire") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Mughal Empire ("Mughal architecture") →	architecturalStyle
Asaf Jahi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	associatedEmpire
Durrani Empire ("Mughal Empire") →	bordered
Khanate of Bukhara ("Mughal Empire") →	borderedBy
Agra Fort ("Mughal Empire") →	builderDynasty
Jagat Seth banking family ("Mughal Empire") →	client
Maratha Empire ("Mughal Empire") →	conflict
Deccan wars against Bijapur ("Mughal Empire") →	conflictBetween
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ("Mughal Empire") →	countryOfActivity
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim ("Mughal Empire") →	countryOfBurial
Buland Darwaza ("Mughal Empire") →	creator
Faizi ("Mughal India") →	culture
The History of British India ("Mughal Empire in India") →	describes
Mughal architecture ("Mughal Empire") →	developedIn
Indo-Islamic architecture ("Mughal Empire") →	flourishedDuring
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 ("Mughal Empire") →	focusesOn
Company rule in India ("Mughal Empire") →	follows
Maratha ("Mughal Empire") →	foughtAgainst
Babur ("Mughal Empire") →	founded
Nawab of Bengal ("Mughal Empire") →	gainedAutonomyFrom
Jama Masjid, Delhi ("Mughal Empire") →	governingEmpireAtConstruction
Timurid dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	hasCulturalInfluenceOn
Islamic world ("Mughal Empire") →	hasHistoricEmpire
Timurid dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	hasSuccessorState
Umarkot ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalAssociation
Lashkari Zaban ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalContext
Kashmiris ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalEmpireRule
Bengali Muslims ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalInfluence
Persian ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalLanguageOfAdministrationIn
Hanafi school ("Mughal Empire") →	historicallyAdoptedBy
Greater Iran ("Mughal Empire") →	historicallyLinkedTo
Agra ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalPeriodOfProminence
Moradabad ("Mughal Empire territory") →	historicalRegion
Punjab ("Mughal Empire") →	historicalRuler
Gunpowder Empires ("Mughal Empire") →	includesEmpire
Carnatic region of India ("Mughal Empire") →	influencedBy
Battle of Khanwa ("Mughal Empire under Babur") →	involvedPolity
Siege of Delhi ("Mughal Empire") →	location
Seven Years' War ("Mughal Empire (nominally)") →	mainBelligerent
Rajputs ("Mughal Empire") →	militaryAllegiance
Bengal Sultanate ("Mughal Empire") →	militaryConflictWith
Sikh Confederacy ("Mughal Empire") →	opposedTo
Qutb Shahi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	overthrownBy
British conquest of Bengal ("Mughal Empire") →	participant
Mariam-uz-Zamani's Tomb ("Mughal Empire") →	period
Battle of Plassey ("Mughal Empire") →	place
Khurram ("Mughal Empire") →	realm
Gunpowder Empires ("Mughal Empire") →	refersTo
Bengal Sultanate ("Mughal Empire") →	replacedBy
Lal Bai ("Mughal Empire") →	residence
Peshawar ("Mughal Empire") →	ruledByHistorically
The Enchantress of Florence ("Mughal Empire") →	setting
Alivardi Khan ("Mughal Empire") →	suzerain
Nizamuddin area ("Mughal era") →	timePeriodOfDevelopment
ud-Daulah ("Mughal period") →	timePeriodOfProminence
Dutch Bengal ("Mughal Empire") →	tradedWith
Khyber Pass ("Mughal Empire") →	usedBy
mansabdari system ("Mughal Empire") →	usedIn
Nawabs of Awadh ("Mughal Empire") →	vassalOf
Najafi dynasty ("Mughal Empire") →	vassalTo
Northern India ("Mughal Empire") →	wasCradleOf
Bengal ("Mughal Empire") →	wasProvinceOf
Gulbadan Begum ("early Mughal Empire") →	wroteAbout