MUGHAL EMPIRE

YEAR BATTLES PARTICIPANTS

1. 1526 FIRST BATTLE OF BABUR & IBRAHIM
PANIPAT LODI
2. 1527 BATTLE OF BABUR & RANA
KHANWA SANGA OF
MEWAR
3. 1529 BATTLE OF BABUR &
GHAGRA AFGHANS
SUPPORTED BY
NUSHRAT SHAH
OF BENGAL

4. 1576 BATTLE OF AKBAR &

HALDIGHATI MAHARANA
PRATAP
5. 1556 SECOND BATTLE AKBAR & ADIL
OF PANIPAT SHAH

AREAS CAPTURED BY AKBAR

NORTH WEST SOUTHERN EAST CENTRAL
FRONTIER INDIA INDIA INDIA
1.KANDAHA 1.AHMADNAGAR BENGAL 1.MALWA
R

2.KASHMIR 2. KHANDESH 2.GONDWANA

 3.KABUL 3.BERAR WEST 3.ALL RAJPUT
INDIA KINGDOMS
APART FROM
MEWAR
4.MULTAN GUJARAT
5.SINDH

IMPOTANT TERMS & THEIR MEANINGS

VAKIL PRIME MINISTER – BAIRAM
KHAN
DIWAN / WAZIR HEAD OF THE REVENUE
DEPARTMENT
MIR BAKSHI HEAD OF MILITARY
DEPARTMENT
QAZI HEAD OF JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENT
CHIEF SADR CHARITABLE & RELIGIOUS
MATTERS
ZAT SALARY
SAWAR CAVALRYMEN
SHUHRA-I -AM BUILT SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

TAJ MAHAL
WHAT IS IT? WHO BUILT WHERE IS IT WHO
IT? LOCATED DESIGNED IT?
IT IS A SHAH JAHAN AT AGRA ON USTAD ISHA
MAUSOLEUM THE BANKS KHAN
 OF RIVER
YAMUNA

DESCRIPTION – TAJ MAHAL

1. IT STANDS ON A HIGH PLATFORM
2. HAS A DOME IN THE CENTRE.HEIGHT IS -56.1 METERS
3. 4 MINARETS IN 4 CORNERS OF THE PLATFORM
4. OCTAGONAL INNER CHAMBER & KIOSKS / CHHATRIS
5. WALLS ARE DECORATED WITH FLOWER DESIGNS & SEMI
PRECIOUS STONES

IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO TAJ MAHAL

WHAT IS PIETRA WHEN WAS IT WHEN WAS IT
DURA? DECLARED A DECLARED AS ONE
WORLD HERITAGE OF THE SEVEN
SITE? WONDERS OF THE
WORLD?
PROCESS OF 1983 2007
DECORATING
WALLS WITH
FLOWER DESIGNS
& SEMI PRECIOUS
STONES

THE JAMA MASJID

WHAT IS IT? WHO HAS BUILT WHAT MATERIAL
IT? HAS BEEN USED?
BIGGEST MOSQUE SHAH JAHAN RED SANDSTONE
BUILT BY ANY & WHITE MARBLE
MUGHAL KING

DESCRIPTION – JAMA MASJID

1. IT HAS 3 GATES & 4 TOWERS
2. 2 MINARETS .HT IS 40 METRES
3. A HUGE COURTYARD
4. A LARGE PRAYER HALL WITH 11 ARCHES

RED FORT
WHO BUILT WHEN DID WHERE IS IT WHAT
IT? HE BUILD IT? LOCATED? MATERIAL
HAS BEEN
USED?
SHAH JAHAN AFTER ON THE RED
SHIFTING THE BANKS OF SANDSTONE
CAPITAL TO RIVER & MARBLE
DELHI YAMUNA

DESCRIPTION – RED FORT

1. HAS MASSIVE WALLS
2. 2 GATES
3. IMPORTANT BUILDINGS – DIWAN -I -AAM & DIWAN -I-
KHAS
4. PEACOCK THRONE & MOTI MAS JID
 IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO JAMA MASJID
WHAT WHAT WAS WHAT WHERE WHO HAD
WAS THE THE DIWAN WAS THE WAS BUILT THE
MOST -I -KHAS? DIWAN -I THE MOTI
IMORTAN -AAM? PEACOC MASJID?
T GATE? K
THRONE
PLACED?
WESTERN HALL OF HALL FOR IN THE AURANGZE
GATE / DIGNITARIE COMMO DIWAN - B
LAHORI S N PEOPLE I -KHAS BUILT OF
GATE WHITE
MARBLE

IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO BABUR

FULL NAME WHO WAS WHERE DID WHICH WHO HAD
OF BABUR? HE A HE CARVE A PART INVITED
DESENDEN PRINCIPALIT OF HIM TO
T OF? Y FIRST? INDIA INDIA?
DID HE
ATTACK
?
ZAHIR -UD- TIMUR - AT KABUL PUNJA DAULAT
DIN - THE B KHAN
MUHAMMA MONGOL LODI, THE
D BABUR KING GOVERNO
R OF
PUNJAB
 IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO AKBAR
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WH WHO NAM WH WH WHAT WHA
HA WH O
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IS DAU THE WA WAS ’MAH THE
IS AG S
TH GHT TAXE S THE ZAR’ MEA
TH E BAI
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FIR WAS ABO IBA DAT G OF
FU HE M
ST SHE? LISH DAT KHA SUL
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RAJ ED KHA NA H -I-
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ME E T AKB T?
OF THE WI AR.
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AL YEA TO- RK BHA H & L OF FATE RATIO ERSA
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N- E KING I AKBA NY
M OF R
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AK ER
BA
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RAJPUT POLICY OF AKBAR

 1. MARRIAGE ALLIANCES WITH RAJPUTS
2. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO RAJPUT WIVES
3. RAJPUTS APPOINTED AS NOBLES
4. AKBAR DID NOT INTERFERE IN INTERNAL MATTERS OF
RAJPUTS

KEY PRINCIPLES OF DIN-I -ILLAHI

1. ONE GOD
2. KING IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD ON EARTH
3. STRESSED ON COURAGE, JUSTICE & LOYALTY TO THE KING
4. AIM- TO MAINTAIN SULH-I-KUL OR UNIVERSAL HARMONY

STEPS TAKEN BY AKBAR TO INTEGRATE HINDUS & MUSLIMS

1]. HE 2] POSITIONS 3] IBADAT 4] 1579-
ABOLISHED WERE GIVEN KHANA WAS AKBAR HAD
JIZYAH & ON THE BASIS SET UP IN ISSUED A
PILGRIM OF MERIT. 1575.HERE MAHZAR -
TAXES AKBAR HAD THAT SAID
DISCUSSIONS THAT IN ANY
WITH RELIGIOUS
TEACHERS OF DISPUTE, THE
DIFFERENT FINAL
RELIGIONS DECISION
WOULD BE
TAKEN BY
THE KING
 MANSABDARI SYSTEM
1. POSITIONS WERE GIVEN FROM 10 TO 5000.
2. THOSE HOLDING POSITIONS HAD TO MAINTAIN CAVALRY
MEN & HORSES AS PER THEIR POSITION
3. AS SALARY. THEY WERE GIVEN JAGIRS
4. THEIR WORK WAS REGULARLY CHECKED.

[ POSITIONS: - CALLED – MANSABS

OFFICERS: - CALLED – MANSABDARS
SYSTEM: - CALLED – MANSABDARI SYSTEM]

POSITION OF THE KING IN THE MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION

1. KING IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD ON EARTH
2. HE MADE ALL LAWS
3. ISSUED ORDINANCES
4. COMMANDED THE ARMY
5. APPOINTED & REMOVED OFFICERS

PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION
1. EMPIRE WAS DIVIDED INTO 12 PROVINCES OR
SUBAHS
2. SUBAHS WERE GOVERNED BY -SUBAHDAR &
DIWAN
3. THERE WERE OTHER MINOR OFFICERS LIKE -
FAUJDAR, KOTWAL, BAKSHI, SADR ETC
 IMPORTANT FACTS – AURANGZEB
FOR HOW WHEN DID WHAT WHAT WAS
MANY YEARS HE DIE? MISTAKE DID THE EXTENT
DID HE HE MAKE? OF HIS
GOVERN? EMPIRE?
50 YEARS 1707 REVERSED KASHMIR IN
THE POLICY THE NORTH
OF TO RIVER
RELIGIOUS KAVERI IN
TOLERANCE THE SOUTH
FOLLOWED &KABUL IN
BY AKBAR THE WEST TO
CHITTAGONG
IN THE EAST

IMPORTANT FACTS – AIN -I -AKBARI

WHAT IS AIN-I- WHO IS THE WHO WAS ABUL
AKBARI WRITER? FAZL?
HISTORY BOOK ABUL FAZL MINISTER & ONE
OF THE 9 GEMS OF
AKBAR

AIN -I -AKBARI – DESCRIPTION

1. BOOK 1- DEALS WITH IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD
2. BOOK 2- DEALS WITH SERVANTS /MILITARY & CIVIL
OFFICERS
3. BOOK 3 – DEALS WITH ADMINISTRATION
4. BOOK 4 – SPEAKS OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL
CUSTOMS, LITERATURE
5. BOOK 5- WISE SAYINGS OF AKBAR

WHO WAS THE REVENUE MINISTER OF AKBAR?

RAJA TODAR MAL