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Akbar the great

Name :Duaa Younus

Grade :6-c
Subject : History

The Mughal Empire


The Mughal Empire, was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled
parts of Afghanistan, Baluchistan and most of the Indian Subcontinent between
1526 and 1857. The empire was founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526,
when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Afghan Lodi Sultans at the First
Battle of Panipat, where they used gunpowder for the first time in India. The
Mughal Empire is known as a gunpowder empire. The word "Mughal" is the IndoAryan version of "Mongol." Babur was a descendant of Chingis Khan. The
Mughals retained aspects of Mongol culture well into the sixteenth century, such
as the arrangement of tents around the royal camp during military maneuvers. The
.Islam religion of Moghals was

Akbar the great


Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbr, also known as Akbar the
Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 October 27,
1605) was the ruler of the Moghul Empire from the time
of his accession in 1556 until 1605. He is considered the
greatest of the Moghul emperors in terms of his military
conquests. He engaged in military campaigns that
caused the deaths of thousands, but within his empire he
tried to rule justly and bridge cultural and religious
barriers between its different peoples. He was a patron of
.learning and of the arts

Akbar personality:
Akbar was an artisan, warrior, artist, armourer,
blacksmith, carpenter, emperor, general, inventor,
animal trainer (reputedly keeping thousands of
hunting cheetahs during his reign and training many
himself), lacemaker, technologist and theologian
Believed to be dyslexic, he was read to everyday
and had a remarkable memory

:Achievements
His first battle was with the general
named hemu in panipat who used to
control large areas of north indian
and it turned out to be akbars first
victory in battle field .
Akbar had conquered whole western
and and northern and eastern india
.by 1595

He died in 1605 before his death he


named his son Salim the next
emperor . Who is also known as
emperor Jahangir

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