Mughal architecture Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian‚ Turkish and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th‚ 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style. The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526 (the Battle of Panipat) . During his five-year reign‚ Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings‚ though few have
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suri defeats humayun andseizes the empire. 1555 humayun re-conquers delhi. 1556 humayun dies‚ young akber is enthroned. 1605 death of akber and succession of son jahangir. 1617 revolt in the southern states of the empire breaks out and jhangir sends son khurram to pacify them. Khurram recived the title of shah jahan. 1627 jahangir dies and shah jahan assumes the throne. 1631 shah jahans queen mamtaz mahal dies during childbirth. Shah jahan commissions the building of her tomb‚ “the Taj Mahal’
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them‚ and by marrying a Hindu princess. Akbar was succeeded by his son Salim‚ who took the title of Jahangir. In his reign (1605-1627)‚ Jahangir consolidated the gains made by his father. The courtly culture of the Mughals flourished under his rule; like his great grand-father‚ Babar‚ he had an interest in gardens‚ and Mughal painting probably reached its zenith in Jahangir’s time. Jahangir married Nur Jahan‚ "Light of the World"‚ in 1611. Shortly after his death in October 1627‚ his son‚ Shah
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impartially describe it‚ or to appreciated it‚ or to criticize it‚ two of the most used forms of art for this purpose are‚ painting‚ and sculpture. In the painting “Jahangir in Darbar”‚ 1620‚ it shows the muslin ruler of India Jahangir seated in his court during and audience‚ is easy to deduce the diversity‚ and acceptance of Jahangir court‚ by the faces‚
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house. My cousins decided to go on outing. I wanted to see the historical places. There about which I have read a lot so‚ all agreed to visit “Jahangir tomb”. We reached there by bus. The magnificent tomb of Jahangir was before our eyes. It was built by “shah Johan” in the memory of his father. It reminds us the glory of the great Mughals. The tomb of Jahangir is situated at “Shah Dora”. It is a place four miles away from Lahore on the eastern bank of river Ravi. The four tall towers of tomb can be
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every day‚ the city is described as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Dhaka is also one of the world’s most densely populated cites.[7][8][9] Old Dhaka was founded in the 17th century as the Mughal capital of Bengal. It was called Jahangir Nagar (City of Jahangir) and served as the centre of the worldwide muslin trade.[10][11] The modern city‚ however‚ developed chiefly under British rule in the 19th century. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905‚ Dhaka became the capital of the new province of
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He endeavor to make a good fortune through agriculture. In his interview with Jahangir he told his experience after his father’s death‚ working on farm the whole day was really hard for a person who know nothing about what he is doing. But after sometime he attended Yale law school. So these stories are auto biographical as Daniyal
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wearing "rakhi". He restricted meat and denied the offer of all meats on certain days of the year. Akbar’s concessions were kept up by his child‚ Jahangir‚ and grandson‚ Shahjahan‚ for example‚ the disallowing dairy animals butcher‚ drinking just water from Ganges stream and eating just cooked vegetables on certain days of the week. Notwithstanding when Jahangir was far from the Ganges stream in the Punjab‚ the Ganges water was fixed in extensive holders and afterward conveyed to him. He called the Ganges
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The Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent between 1526 and 1857. It consolidated the Islam culture in South Asia and in result it spread the arts of the Muslim culture and its faith. The Mughal ruling class included the Muslims despite most of the subjects in the empire being Hindu. Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur was the founder of the empire. Under his rule the dynasty remained unstable‚ and was eventually exiled
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Submitted To: Mamona Tahir Shaikh Ahmed Sarhindi (1564 – 1624) (Mujaddid Alif Sani) “He is described as Mujaddid Alf Sani‚ meaning the "reviver of the second millennium"‚ for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing the heterodoxies prevalent in the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar.” Introduction: Shaikh Ahmed Sarhindi popularly known as Mujaddid Alif Sani was born in 1564. He was an Indian Islamic scholar
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