DECLINE OF THE MUGHAL

EMPIRE
By
Miss Hafsa Ayub
Subject specialist: History, Geography
Army public school and college system
Barnala
 “Those who don’t know
history are destined to repeat
it”
What is the name of your
country?
 Pakistan
 Or Islamic republic Pakistan
Where is Pakistan located?
 In South Asia
 When did Pakistan came
into being?
 14th august 1947 A.D

 27th Ramadan 1366 A.H

Who were the rulers of
India at that time?
Who were the rulers of India
before British ?
 Who were the Mughals?
 Mughals were
the descendants
of Timor and
Genghis khan.
 Babur was

the founder of
Mughal empire.
 Mughals
 Mughals ruled over the India from
1526 to 1857.
 Babur was the first and Bahadur
Shah Zafar was the last emperor of
Mughal Dynasty.
 Today we shall study
“causes of the decline of Mughal empire.”
 Causes of the fall of mughal
empire.
 The actual decline
of the Mughal empire
Was started by the
death of the 6th
Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb Alamgir
1707.
 Causes of the Fall of the mughal
empire
 Death of Aurangzeb Alamgir 1707
 Aurangzeb’s Relegious policy
 Weak successive rulers
 The absence of any law of appointment
 Moral degeneration
 Battle of plassey1757
 Causes cont…
 Wrong policy of king Akbar
 Lack of scientific education
 Demoralization of army
 Lack of naval force
 Huge empire
 Arrival of the British.
 Revision
 who was Aurangzeb Alamgir ?

 Which Mughal Emperor was the descendant of

Timor and Genghis khan?

 Why the death of Aurangzeb considered to be

the main reason of decline of empire?
 Task for students!
Who were the Mughals?
 prepare a booklet and paste pictures to define

the main characters of the mughal empire .

Thank you