Mughal dynasty

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Muslim dynasty early modern empire imperial dynasty

The Mughal dynasty was a powerful early modern imperial 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.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Mughal 15
Mughals 5
Mughal royal family 2

Statements (96)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynasty ⓘ
early modern empire ⓘ
imperial dynasty ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
alsoKnownAs Mughal dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Mogul dynasty

Mughal dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid dynasty in India
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture ⓘ
capital Agra ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Fatehpur Sikri ⓘ
Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shahjahanabad ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom Genghis Khan ⓘ
Timur ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
courtLanguage Persian ⓘ
culturalInfluence Hindustani classical music ⓘ
Urdu literature ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Persian literature

South Asian cuisine ⓘ
Urdu language development ⓘ
currency dam ⓘ
rupee ⓘ
declineCause Maratha expansion ⓘ
increasing European influence ⓘ
regional rebellions ⓘ
succession conflicts ⓘ
dynasticHouse Timurid dynasty ⓘ
economicBase agrarian economy ⓘ
land revenue system ⓘ
endTime 1857 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turco-Mongol ⓘ
finalAbolitionContext Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
firstRuler Babur ⓘ
followedBy British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Company rule in India ⓘ
foundedBy Babur ⓘ
founder Babur ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
knownFor centralized administration ⓘ
cultural synthesis of Persian and Indian traditions ⓘ
gardens and urban planning ⓘ
land revenue reforms ⓘ
mansabdari system ⓘ
miniature painting ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
religious tolerance under Akbar ⓘ
language Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
lastRuler Bahadur Shah II ⓘ
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Haldighati ⓘ
Battle of Khanwa ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
First Battle of Panipat ⓘ
notableAdministrator Raja Todar Mal ⓘ
notableNoble Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan ⓘ
surface form: Asaf Khan

Mirza Raja Jai Singh I ⓘ
Saadat Ali Khan I ⓘ
surface form: Nawab Saadat Ali Khan I

Raja Man Singh I ⓘ
notableRuler Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Babur ⓘ
Humayun ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
overthrownBy British East India Company ⓘ
patronized Agra Fort ⓘ
Fatehpur Sikri ⓘ
surface form: Fatehpur Sikri complex

Humayun's Tomb ⓘ
Jama Masjid, Delhi ⓘ
Red Fort ⓘ
Shalimar Gardens, Lahore ⓘ
Taj Mahal ⓘ
peakUnder Akbar ⓘ
Aurangzeb ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
precededBy Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime 1526 ⓘ
successorState Oudh ⓘ
surface form: Awadh

Bengal Subah ⓘ
Carnatic Nawabate ⓘ
Hyderabad State ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
surface form: Mysore (as regional power)
trade Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
tradePartner European trading companies ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
usedScript Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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

Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar → heritage → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal
Haji Begum → heritage → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal royal family
Turco-Mongol → influencedDynasty → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
Sahiba Banu Begum → partOf → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal imperial family
Jagat Gosain → royalHouse → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
Ibrahim Lodi → succeededByDynasty → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
Mirza → usedByDynasty → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
Mirza → usedByEthnicGroup → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughals
Gulbadan Begum → workSubject → Mughal dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal royal family