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List of Mughal Emperors

Certain important particulars regarding the Mughal


Emperors is tabulated below:

Reig
n Dea
Emperor Birth Notes
Peri th
od

Dec
1526
Zaheeruddin Feb 23, 26, Founder of the

MuhammadBabur 1483 153 Mughal Dynasty.
1530
0

Reign interrupted
by Suri Dynasty.
Youth and
1530 Jan inexperience at
Nasiruddin Mar 6,
– 155 ascension led to
MuhammadHumayun 1508
1540 6 his being regarded
as a less effective
ruler than usurper,
Sher Shah Suri.

1540 May Deposed Humayun


Sher Shah Suri 1472 – 154 and led the Suri
1545 5 Dynasty.
2nd and last ruler
of the Suri
Dynasty, claims of
1545
155 sons Sikandar and
Islam Shah Suri c.1500 –
4 Adil Shah were
1554
eliminated by
Humayun's
restoration.

Restored rule was


more unified and
1555 Jan effective than
Nasiruddin Mar 6,
– 155 initial reign of
MuhammadHumayun 1508
1556 6 1530-1540; left
unified empire for
his son, Akbar.

Akbar greatly
expanded the
Empire and is
regarded as the
Oct most illustrious
Nov 1556
Jalaluddin 27, ruler of the
14, –
MuhammadAkbar 160 Mughal Dynasty
1542 1605
5 as he set up the
empire's various
institutions; he
married Mariam-
uz-Zamani, a
Rajput princess.
He eventually
founded Din-i-
Ilahi, a syncretic
religion based on
Hinduism and
Islam. One of his
most famous
construction
marvels was
the Lahore Fort.

Jahangir set the


precedent for sons
rebelling against
their Emperor
fathers. Opened
first relations with
the British East
1605 India Company.
Nooruddin Oct 162
– Reportedly was an
MuhammadJahangir 1569 7
1627 alcoholic and his
wife
Empress Noor
Jahan became the
real power behind
the throne and
competently ruled
in his place.
Under him,
Mughal art and
architecture
reached their
zenith; constructed
the Taj
Shahaabuddin 1627 Mahal,Jama
Jan 5, 166
Muhammad Shah – Masjid, Red
1592 6
Jahan 1658 Fort, Jahangir
mausoleum and Sh
alimar
Gardens in Lahore.
Deposed and
imprisoned by his
son Aurangzeb.

More conservative
in behavior and far
less extravagant as
the previous
Mar emperors; brought
Mohiuddin 1658
Oct 21, 3, back Islamic law,
MuhammadAurangzeb –
1618 170 and the jizya tax.
Alamgir 1707 He executed Guru
7
Tegh Bahadur .
His conquests
expanded the
empire to its
greatest extent,
incorporating
much of southern
India. A major and
last desperate
attempt was also
made to
conquer Assam du
ring his rule but
with no success
at Battle of
Saraighat; the
over-stretched
empire would face
challenges after his
death. He wrote
the Qur'an in his
own Handwriting
twice.

First of the Mughal


emperors to
preside over a
steady and severe
1707 Feb decline in the
Oct 14,
Bahadur Shah I – 171 territories under
1643
1712 2 the empire's
control and
military power.
After his reign, the
emperor became a
progressively
insignificant
figurehead.

He was merely a
puppet in the
hands of his Chief
1712 Feb Minister Zulfikar
Jahandar Shah 1664 – 171 Khan. The acts of
1713 3 Jahandar Shah
brought down the
prestige of the
Mughal Empire.

In 1717 he granted
a firman to
the English East
India
1713
171 Company granting
Furrukhsiyar 1683 –
9 them duty free
1719
trading rights
for Bengal, and
confirmed their
position in India.

Unkno 171
Rafi Ul-Darjat 1719
wn 9
Rafi Ud-Daulat Unkno 171
1719
a.k.a Shah Jahan II wn 9

Unkno 174
Nikusiyar 1719
wn 3

Unkno 174
Muhammad Ibrahim 1720
wn 4

1719

Suffered the
1720
174 invasion of Nadir-
Muhammad Shah 1702 ,
8 Shah of Persia in
1720
1739.

1748

1748 175
Ahmad Shah Bahadur 1725
-54 4

1754
175
Alamgir II 1699 –
9
1759

Unkno In 177
Shah Jahan III
wn 1759 0s
Suffered the
invasion
of Ahmed-Shah-
Abdali in 1761;
1759 granted the
180
Shah Alam II 1728 – 'Nizami' of Bengal,
6
1806 Bihar and Orissa to
the BEIC in 1765,
formally accepted
the protection of
the BEIC in 1803.

1806 Titular figurehead


183
Akbar Shah II 1760 – under British
7
1837 protection

Deposed by the
1837 British and exiled
186
Bahadur Shah Zafar 1775 – to Burma followin
2
1857 g the Great
Mutiny.

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