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The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution in 1857. [1] They were the supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent , mainly corresponding to the modern day countries of India , Pakistan , Afghanistan ...
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The closest to an official name for the empire was Hindustan, which was documented in the Ain-i-Akbari. [28] Mughal administrative records also refer to the empire as "dominion of Hindustan" (Wilāyat-i-Hindustān), [29] "country of Hind" (Bilād-i-Hind), "Sultanate of Al-Hind" (Salṭanat(i) al-Hindīyyah) as observed in the epithet of Emperor Aurangzeb [30] or endonymous identification from ...
The Mughal dynasty (Persian: دودمان مغل, romanized: Dudmân-e Mughal) or the House of Babur (Persian: خاندانِ آلِ بابُر, romanized: Khāndān-e-Āl-e-Bābur), was a branch of the Timurid dynasty founded by Babur that ruled the Mughal Empire from its inception in 1526 till the early eighteenth century, and then as ceremonial suzerains over much of the empire until 1857.
The Grand Vizier of Hindustan (Hindustani: Vazir-ul-Mamlikat-i-Hindustan) [1] [2] was the highest ranking minister in the Mughal Empire and the chief adviser to the emperor himself. The position acted as the de facto head of government of the Mughal Empire and had responsibility for leading the ministers of the Empire.
The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur (reigned 1526–1530), a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (the founder of the Timurid Empire) on his father's side, and from Genghis Khan on his mother's side, Ousted from his ancestral domains in Central Asia, Babur headed to India to satisfy his ambitions.
This is a list of Mughal empresses. Most of these empresses were either from branches of the Timurid dynasty , from the royal houses or families of Persian nobles. Alongside Mughal emperors , these empresses played a role in the building up and rule of the Mughal Empire in South Asia , from the early 16th century to the early 18th century.
Seal of the Mughal Empire. Emperor of Hindustan or the Emperor of India, [Note 1] was the imperial title used firstly by the Delhi Sultanate [1] and then their successors the Mughal Empire [2] [3] It signified their sovereignity over Northern India and later much of the Indian subcontinent. [Note 2] Bahadur Shah Zafar, last Emperor of Hindustan.