1526 – 1857 Personalities
The Mughal Empire
1526 – 1628
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri, "The Lion King", founder of the Suri Dynasty, was born in 1472 in Punjab. His original name ...
Abul Fazl
Akbar’s success was mainly due to capable and talented men who surrounded him. One of them was Sheikh Abul Fazl ...
Babur
Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, popularly known as "Babur", meaning lion, was the founder of Mughal Empire in India. He was born ...
Chand Bibi
Chand Bibi, a contemporary of Emperor Akbar, is a historical figure and well known as the heroic defender of Ahmadnagar. ...
Maham Anaga
Maham Anaga was the governess of Emperor Akbar. As the word ‘Anaga’ means nurse, Maham Anaga seems to be a ...
Bairam Khan
Bairam Khan was a Turkoman military general, who served as the regent to the underage Mughal ruler Akbar, who came ...
Shah Jehan
Shah Jehan was one of Jehangir's four sons. Born in 1592 in Lahore, his parents named him Khurram. He was ...
Mumtaz Mehal
Arjumand Bano Begum, entitled Mumtaz Mehal, "the ornament of the palace", was the daughter of Asif Khan, brother of Nur ...
Nur Jehan
Nur Jehan was the daughter of a Persian immigrant, Mirza Ghiyas Baig of Tehran. Before becoming the beloved wife of ...
Jehangir
Prince Muhammad Salim was the eldest son of Akbar. He was born in August 1569, after many prayers and blessings ...
Mujaddid Alf Sani
The first of the great reformers, Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi al-Farooqi an-Naqshbandi, was born in Sarhind on June 26, 1564. He ...
Akbar
Akbar "The Great" was one of the greatest rulers in Indian history. He was born when Humayun and his first ...
Humayun
Humayun "The Fortunate" was the eldest son of Babur. He had three younger brothers, Kamran, Askari and Hindal. Born on ...
1628 – 1707
Jahanara Begum
Shahzadi (Princess) Jahanara Begum was the eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. The name Jahanara that was given ...
Dara Shikoh
Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. He was born at Ajmer ...
Mullah Shah Badakhshi
Mullah Shah Badakhshi was a famous saint. He belonged to Qadriya order of Sufism. He is known for his rather ...
Mian Mir
Mir Mohammed Muayyinul Islam, (1550-1635) popularly known as Mian Mir was a famous Muslim Sufi saint who settled at Lahore. ...
Bahadur Shah I
Born in Burhanpur on October 14, 1643, Bahadur Shah I, originally named Muazzam, was the eldest son of Mughal emperor ...
Shah Abdul Latif
Shah Abdul Latif, a great scholar, saint and spiritual poet, was born in Hala Haveli near the Khatiyan village of ...
Aurangzeb Alamgir
Aurangzeb was born on October 21, 1618. He was the third son of the emperor Shah Jehan. Though younger than ...
1707 – 1857
Muhammad Farrukhsiyar
Muhammad Farrukhsiyar was the grandson of Bahadur Shah I, and the son of Azim-ush-Shan. Farrukhsiyar succeeded the throne on June ...
Titu Mir
Syed Mir Nisar Ali commonly known as Titu Mir was a great Bengali freedom fighter and a peasant leader who ...
Sayyid Ahmad Brelvi (Syed Ahmed Barelvi)
Sayyid Ahmed Brelvi (Syed Ahmed Barelvi) was born in November 1786 in Rai Bareli, a town in Alahabad province in ...
Mir Jafar
Mir Jafar Ali Khan, commonly known as Mir Jafar, was the army chief (Bakhshi) of Alivardi Khan the Nawab of ...
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 ...
Nadir Shah
Nadir Shah also known as Tahmasp Qoli Khan was born on October 22, 1688. He ruled as shah of Iran ...
Jahandar Shah
The death of Bahadur Shah I in 1712 led to a war of succession among his four sons. It was ...
Shah Wali Ullah
Shah Wali Ullah Muhaddis Dehlvi was born on February 21, 1703 at Delhi, just when the reign of Aurangzeb was ...
Alamgir II
Aziz-ud-Din, the second son of Jahandar Shah, was raised to the throne by Ghazi-ud-Din after he deposed Ahmad Shah in ...
Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan, the eldest son of Haider Ali, was born on December 10, 1750 at Devanhalli. Right from his early ...
Haji Shariatullah
Haji Shariatullah was born in Banderlakola, Faridpur district, in 1781. He was the son of an ordinary farmer. After getting ...
Akbar II
Shah Alam died in 1806 and was succeeded by his son, Akbar. He was king only in name and was ...
Shah Alam II
After the murder of Alamgir II, his son Ali Gauhar succeeded him by taking the title of Shah Alam. Emperor ...
Haider Ali
Haider Ali was born in 1722 and was the son of Fateh Mohammad, a Punjabi adventurer, who traced his lineage ...
Bahadur Shah Zafar
The last Mughal king, Bahadur Shah, better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar, was born in 1775 at Delhi. He was ...
Muhammad Shah
Muhammad Shah was raised to the throne by the Saiyid brothers at an age of 17. He remained on the ...