State

Mughal Empire

great Turkic descent empire ruling India (1526–1857)

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1526–1857
Founded
1526
Ended
1857
Capital
Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Old Delhi, Lahore, Delhi
Government
absolute monarchy
Languages
Persian
Preceded by
Delhi SultanateChero dynastySultanate of BengalDeccan sultanates
Succeeded by
Gondal State

Overview

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.

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All rulers (22)

  1. Babur1526–1531
  2. Humayun1531–1540
  3. Humayun1555–1556
  4. Akbar1556–1605
  5. Jahangir I1605–1627
  6. Shah Jahan1628–1658
  7. Aurangzeb1658–1707
  8. Azam Shah1707
  9. Bahadur Shah I1707–1712
  10. Jahandar Shah1712–1713
  11. Farrukhsiyar1713–1719
  12. Muhammad Shah1719–1748
  13. Shah Jahan II1719
  14. Rafi ud-Darajat1719
  15. Ahmad Shah Bahadur1748–1754
  16. Alamgir II1754–1759
  17. Shah Jahan III1759–1760
  18. Shah Alam II1760–1788
  19. Shah Alam II1788–1806
  20. Jahan Shah IV1788
  21. Akbar Shah II1806–1837
  22. Bahadur Shah Zafar1837–1857

Records (143)

  1. 1526 — Battle of PanipatBattle
  2. 1528 — Battle of HeratBattle · Persia ▸ Uzbeks
  3. 1535 — Battle of ChampanerBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Gujarat
  4. 1539 — Battle of ChausaBattle · Afghanistan, Turks ▸ Mughal Empire
  5. 1540–1605 — Mughal—Safavid conflictWar
  6. 1540 — Battle of KanaujBattle · Suri Empire ▸ Mughal Empire
  7. 1555 — Battle of SirhindBattle · Humayun ▸ Afghanistan, Turks
  8. 1556 — Battle of DelhiBattle · Hindu General Himu, Afghanistan ▸ Mughal Empire
  9. 1556 — Battle of PanipatBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Afghanistan, Hindus
  10. 1558 — Battle of KandaharBattle · Persia ▸ Mughal Empire
  11. 1560 — Battle of MachiwaraBattle · Emperor Akbar ▸ Governor Bairam Khan
  12. 1572 — Battle of AhmadabadBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Gujarat
  13. 1572 — Battle of SarnalBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Gujarat
  14. 1576 — Battle of Rajmahal, BengalBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Bengal
  15. 1581 — Siege of DamanSiege
  16. 1581 — Battle of Khurd-KabulBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Rebel Muhammad Hakim of Kabul
  17. 1586 — Battle of Malandarai PassBattle · Swat Yusufzai Tribes ▸ Mughal Empire
  18. 1588 — Battle of HeratBattle · Uzbeks ▸ Mughal Empire
  19. 1598 — Battle of Rabat-i-PariyanBattle · Persia ▸ Uzbekistan
  20. 1605–1606 — Siege of KandaharSiege
  21. 1612 — Battle of NekujyalBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Afghanistan
  22. 1612 — Battle of Swally RoadsBattle · England ▸ Portugal
  23. 1621 — Battle of RohillaBattle
  24. 1622–1623 — Mughal–Safavid WarWar
  25. 1622 — Siege of KandaharSiege
  26. 1623 — Battle of BalochpurBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Prince Shahjahan
  27. 1624 — Battle of DamdamaBattle · Emperor Jahangir ▸ Prince Shahjahan
  28. 1628 — Battle of SangranaBattle
  29. 1631 — Battle of KalinjarBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Rebel Khan Jahan Lodi
  30. 1631 — Battle of SironjBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Rebel Khan Jahan Lodi
  31. 1632 — Siege of HooghlySiege
  32. 1632 — Battle of HooglhyBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Portugal
  33. 1634 — Battle of LahiraBattle
  34. 1634 — Battle of AmritsarBattle
  35. 1635 — Battle of KartarpurBattle
  36. 1637–1638 — Mughal–Safavid WarWar
  37. 1638 — Battle of KiratpurBattle
  38. 1638–1639 — Siege of DamanSiege
  39. 1638 — Fall of KandaharSiege
  40. 1638 — Siege of BostSiege
  41. 1642–1698 — Dano-Mughal WarWar
  42. 1642 — Capture of the ship The Bengali PrizeNaval battle
  43. 1644 — Action off Pipli RiverNaval battle
  44. 1644 — Capture of Den Lille ElefantNaval battle
  45. 1646 — Battle of BalkhBattle · Uzbekhs ▸ Mughal Empire
  46. 1648–1649 — Siege of KandaharSiege
  47. 1649–1653 — Mughal–Safavid WarWar
  48. 1652 — Battle of KandaharBattle · Persia ▸ Mughal Empire
  49. 1653 — Battle of KandaharBattle · Persia ▸ Mughal Empire
  50. 1658 — Battle of BahadurpurBattle · Mughal Empire, Rajputs ▸ Shuja Shikoh
  51. 1658 — Battle of DharmatBattle · Aurangzeb ▸ Rajput Marwar
  52. 1658 — Battle of SamugarghBattle · Prince Aurangzeb ▸ Prince Dara
  53. 1659 — Battle of KhajwaBattle · Aurangzeb ▸ Shuja
  54. 1659 — Battle of MaldahBattle · Prince Aurangzeb ▸ Prince Shuja
  55. 1660 — Battle of ChakanBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Marathas
  56. 1664 — Battle of SuratBattle · Marathas ▸ Mughal Empire
  57. 1665 — Tready of PurandarTreaty
  58. 1670 — Battle of DindoriBattle · Marathas ▸ Mughal Empire
  59. 1670 — Battle of SuratBattle · Marathas ▸ Mughal Empire
  60. 1671 — Battle of SaraighatBattle · Assam ▸ Mughal Empire
  61. 1685–1686 — Siege of BijapurSiege
  62. 1686–1690 — Child's WarWar
  63. 1691 — Battle of NadaunBattle
  64. 1692–1693 — Mughal–Portuguese WarWar
  65. 1695 — Capture of the Grand Mughal FleetNaval battle
  66. 1696 — Battle of GulerBattle
  67. 1700 — Battle of AnandpurBattle
  68. 1701 — Battle of KhelnaBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Marathas
  69. 1702 — Battle of BasoliBattle · Punjab ▸ Mughal Empire
  70. 1702 — Battle of NirmohgarhBattle · Punjab ▸ Mughals
  71. 1704 — Battle of Anandpur (1st)Battle · Punjabi Sikhs ▸ Mughal Empire
  72. 1704 — Battle of Anandpur (2nd)Battle · Mughal Empire ▸ Punjabi Sikhs
  73. 1704 — Battle of Chamkaur (1st)Battle · Punjab ▸ Mughal Empire
  74. 1704 — Battle of Chamkaur (2nd)Battle · Mughal Empire ▸ Sikhs
  75. 1705 — Battle of MuktsarBattle · Punjab ▸ Mughal Empire
  76. 1705 — Battle of WagingeraBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Berad Tribes
  77. 1707 — Siege of DannemarksnagoreSiege
  78. 1709 — Battle of Hyderabad, IndiaBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Rebel Prince Kambaksh
  79. 1710 — Battle of Chappar ChiriBattle
  80. 1710 — Battle of SirhindBattle
  81. 1710 — Battle of JalalabadBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Punjab
  82. 1711 — Battle of KandaharBattle · Afghanistan ▸ Persia
  83. 1712 — Battle of JammuBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Punjab
  84. 1714 — Battle of KandaharBattle · Afghanistan ▸ Persia
  85. 1719 — Battle of FarahBattle · Kandahar, Persia ▸ Abdali Afghans
  86. 1719 — Battle of HeratBattle · Afghanistan ▸ Persia
  87. 1720 — Battle of BalapurBattle · Hyderabad ▸ Mughal Empire
  88. 1720 — Battle of HasanpurBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Abdullah Khan, Prince Ibrahim of the Mughal Empire
  89. 1720 — Battle of RatanpurBattle · Hyderabad ▸ Mughal Empire
  90. 1724 — Battle of ShakarkheldaBattle · Hyderabad ▸ Mughal Empire
  91. 1729 — Battle of HeratBattle · Persia ▸ Afghanistan
  92. 1738–1740 — Nadir Shah's invasion of IndiaInvasion
  93. 1738 — Battle of Khyber PassBattle
  94. 1738 — Battle of JamrudBattle · Persia ▸ Mughal Empire
  95. 1738 — Battle of KabulBattle · Persia ▸ Mughal Empire
  96. 1740 — Battle of Gheria, BengalBattle · Governor of Bihar ▸ Nawab of Bengal
  97. 1741 — Battle of DaulatabadBattle · Nizam-ul-Mulk ▸ Nasir Jang
  98. 1742 — Battle of KatwaBattle · Bengal ▸ Marathas
  99. 1745 — Battle of KatwaBattle · Mughal Nawab of Bengal ▸ Marathas
  100. 1746–1763 — Carnatic WarsWar
  101. 1747 — Battle of BurdwanBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Marathas
  102. 1748–1767 — Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah DurraniCampaign
  103. 1748 — Battle of CuddaloreBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
  104. 1748 — Battle of PondicherryBattle · France ▸ United Kingdom
  105. 1749–1754 — Second Carnatic WarWar
  106. 1751 — Battle of MalthanBattle · Marathas ▸ Mughal Empire
  107. 1752 — Battle of SeringhamBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Arcot, France
  108. 1756–1763 — Seven Years' WarWar
  109. 1756 — Battle of CalcuttaBattle · Bengal, France ▸ United Kingdom
  110. 1757 — Battle of CalcuttaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Bengal, France
  111. 1757 — Battle of ChandernagoreBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
  112. 1757 — Battle of PlasseyBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Nawab of Bengal
  113. 1758 — Battle of CuddaloreBattle · France ▸ United Kingdom
  114. 1758 — Battle of Fort St DavidBattle · France ▸ United Kingdom
  115. 1759 — Battle of ChinsuraBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Netherlands
  116. 1759 — Battle of PatnaBattle · Bengal, United Kingdom ▸ Shahzada Ali Gauhar, Allahabad
  117. 1759 — Battle of PondicherryBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
  118. 1760 — Battle of Barari GhatBattle · Afghanistan ▸ Marathas
  119. 1760 — Battle of HajipurBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mughal Empire
  120. 1760 — Battle of Sherpur, IndiaBattle · United Kingdom, Bengal ▸ Mughal Empire
  121. 1761 — Battle of SuanBattle · United Kingdom, Bengal ▸ Mughal Empire, France
  122. 1762 — Battle of AlegaonBattle · Ragunath Rao, Hyderabad ▸ Madhav Rao
  123. 1763 — Battle of Gheria, BengalBattle · United Kingdom, Mir Jafar ▸ Mir Kasim
  124. 1763 — Battle of KatwaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mughal Nawab of Bengal
  125. 1763 — Battle of Patna (1st)Battle · Bengal ▸ United Kingdom
  126. 1763 — Battle of Patna (2nd)Battle · United Kingdom ▸ Bengal
  127. 1763 — Battle of UdaynalaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Bengal
  128. 1764 — Battle of PatnaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Oudh
  129. 1772 — Treaty of offensive and defensive alliance concluded between Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula and the Rohilla ChiefsTreaty
  130. 1778 — Battle of PondicherryBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
  131. 1781 — Battle of Porto NovoBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mysore
  132. 1782 — Battle of CuddaloreBattle · Mysore, France ▸ United Kingdom
  133. 1783 — Battle of Cuddalore (1st)Battle · France ▸ United Kingdom
  134. 1783 — Battle of Cuddalore (2nd)Battle
  135. 1788 — Battle of Bagh DeraBattle · Marathas ▸ Ismail Beg
  136. 1791 — Battle of ArikeraBattle · Mysore ▸ United Kingdom
  137. 1799 — Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarWar
  138. 1799 — Battle of MalavalliBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mysore
  139. 1799 — Battle of SeringapatamBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mysore
  140. 1799 — Battle of SidassirBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Mysore
  141. 1803 — Battle of ArgaumBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Marathas
  142. 1803 — Battle of GawilgarhBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Marathas
  143. 1857 — Siege of DelhiSiege

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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