Fabrics
Under the Mughuls the textile industry blossomed and till the end of the 18th century the subcontinent could be described as one of the...
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Jewellery
The Mughals paid great attention to articles of personal adornment. Jewelry, like so many other arts, reached new heights of perfection in...
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Music
The Mughals hold an estimable reputation for their refinement and patronization of music on a lavish scale. Babur was an expert musician...
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Titu Mir
Syed Mir Nisar Ali commonly known as Titu Mir was a great Bengali freedom fighter and a peasant leader who resisted the oppression of the...
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Sayyid Ahmad Brelvi
Sayyid Ahmed Brelvi was born in November 1782 in Rai Bareli, a town in Alahabad province in Northern India. His father Sayyid Mohammad...
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Mir Jafar
Mir Jafar Ali Khan, commonly known as Mir Jafar, was the army chief (Bakhshi) of Alivardi Khan the Nawab of Bengal. In Battle of Plassey he...
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Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
Mîrza Mahmud, popularly known as Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Oraissa. The termination of...
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Nadir Shah
Nadir Shah also known as Tahmasp Qoli Khan was born on October 22, 1688. He ruled as shah of Iran from 1736 to 47 and was the founder of...
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Chand Bibi
Chand Bibi, a contemporary of Emperor Akbar, is a historical figure and well known as the heroic defender of Ahmadnagar. She was daughter...
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Jahanara Begum
Shahzadi (Princess) Jahanara Begum was the eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. The name Jahanara that was given to her by her...
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Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. He was born at Ajmer on 20 March 1615. When he was 19, he...
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Mullah Shah Badakhshi
Mullah Shah Badakhshi was a famous saint. He belonged to Qadriya order of Sufism. He is known for his rather secular approach. Mullah Shah...
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Mian Mir
Mir Mohammed Muayyinul Islam, (1550-1635) popularly known as Mian Mir was a famous Muslim Sufi saint who settled at Lahore. He belonged to...
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Abul Fazl
Akbar’s success was mainly due to capable and talented men who surrounded him. One of them was Sheikh Abul Fazl who was born in Agra on...
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Maham Anaga
Maham Anaga was the governess of Emperor Akbar. As the word ‘Anaga’ means nurse, Maham Anaga seems to be a title rather than original...
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Bairam Khan
Bairam Khan was a Turkoman military general, who served as the regent to the underage Mughal ruler Akbar, who came to power in 1556....
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Administration
The Mughal administration comprised two self sustaining and parallel systems of administration i.e. central and provincial administration....
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Army
Theoretically all able-bodied citizens of the Empire were soldiers of the imperial army and could be called upon to render military service...
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Religion
The Mughal rulers were pretty tolerant of other beliefs and hence their reign is deemed fairly secular. Nevertheless, Islam spread far and...
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Trade
International trade immensely developed during the Mughal era. The Indian traders traveled by land and touched the borders of Europe and...
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Industry
The economic conditions during the Mughal period were favorable and industry was in flourishing fashion. The industrial production...
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Agriculture
During the period of the great Mughals when royal authority in the center was strong and its hold on provincial and local governments was...
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Libraries
Big libraries were established by the rulers and maintained the leading nobles. Humanyun had a big library and was deeply interested in...
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Literature
Secular as well religious literature was abundantly produced in Persian and Arabic languages. Both poetry and prose were promoted liberally...
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Education
The Mughals were the most educated ruling class of their age. The Muslim aristocracy, and the ulema and Sufis, the first by choice and the...
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