victory of good over evil. In Jainism‚ Diwali marks the attainment of moksha by Mahavira in 527 BC.[3][4] In Sikhism‚ Diwali commemorates the return of Guru Har Gobind Ji to Amritsar after freeing 52 Hindu kings imprisoned in Fort Gwalior by Emperor Jahangir; the people lit candles and divas to celebrate his return‚ which is why Sikhs also refer to Diwali as Bandi Chhorh Divas‚ "the day of release of detainees". Diwali is considered a national festival in India and
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Terrible Ottoman • "Star Ushak" carpet – Made of wool – influenced by northwest Persian – The blue medallions on the red ground are the traditional colors of these carpets. Mughal • Nilgai (blue bull): Leaf – Ink‚ watercolor‚ and gold on paper – As Jahangir wrote in his diary‚ his great-grandfather Babur had only described what he saw‚ while he himself also ordered drawings to be made of the things he wrote about – Shows the texture of the creature’s fur bone‚ horn‚ and flesh‚ as well as its gentle
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Janissaries Vizier Safavid Dynasty Sail al-Din (Saladin) Red Heads Isma’il Chaldiran Shah Abbas the Great imams mullahs Isfahan Nadir Khan Afshar Mughal Dynasty Babur Humayan Akbar Din-i-Ilahi Taj Mahal Nur Jahan Aurangzeb Jahangir Shah Jahan Further notes need to be taken on the
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who resisted Akbar. Ans: Akbar showed religious tolerance and cleverly won over other rulers‚especially powerful chiefs‚through marriage alliances and grants of high offices. The Rajput of Mewar‚resisted Akbar. 3.Why did Jahangir have Guru Arjun executed? Ans: Jahangir had Guru Arjun (or Arjan) executed as he was helping Prince khusrau‚who had rebelled. 4. What cause revolts during Aurangzeb’s reign? Name a few communities that revolted. Ans: Aureangzeb increased taxes payable by the
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Bahadur Shah Zafar and the fall of his empire Bahadur shah zafar was the last Mughal emperor of india who hold the rule from 1837 to 1857 for a time period of twenty (20) years. As the second child/son of Akabr ll and Lal bai‚ he was not the first choice of his father to rule the throne‚ but due to some circumstances it finally led to his act of rising to the throne after his father’s death. Even as a emperor he did not rule over a large empire‚ his rule barely extended beyond Delhi’s Red Fort
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Conflict and Compromise: The Case of India and Pakistan Goutham Bollu 1/9/08 Mr.Dugan Senior Division Conflict and Compromise: The Case of India and Pakistan Though they have been in existence for less than a century‚ India and Pakistan have enough history between them to fill several books. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims grew rapidly with the split of India and Pakistan in 1947. Before tensions were running high‚ but now gave way
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and Mughal Empires had strong bureaucracies and economic prosperity‚ they also had absolute rulers who denied their citizens basic civil rights. One of the strengths of the Gunpowder Empires was their strong bureaucracies based on meritocracy. Jahangir‚ a Mughal Emperor‚ stated that “where I found sufficient merit‚ I conferred an advance of rank‚” showing that bureaucrats in his empire had to earn their positions. (Doc. 1) The ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor praised the Ottoman Empire for
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Akbar was one of the world’s greatest conquerors and an even greater ruler in Indian history. He was born on October 15‚ 1942 and died October 27‚ 1605. In 1556‚ at the young age of 13‚ Akbar was forced to become ruler when his father‚ Humayun‚ died. He learned from mentors and began seizing land. By the time of his death‚ his empire was almost all of northern India. He was the greatest of the Moguls‚ the Muslim dynasty that dominated India between the early 15th and 18th centuries. Akbar had many
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Raja Man Singh Raja Man Singh of Amber The Mughal aristocracy played a vital role in the establishment of the Mughal Empire on a firm footing. It not only contributed to the strengthening of the empire but it also helped in setting up a sound Mughal administration. Raja Man Singh of Amber was an important member of Mughal aristocracy. The history of Akbar’s reign will rather be incomplete without a detailed knowledge of the contributions of Raja Man Singh not only to expansion of the Mughal Empire
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hich of the following represents a similarity between the three Muslim early modern empires? All dynasties depended on effective use of firearms on the battlefield and in siege warfare. Which of the following represents a difference between the various Muslim early modern empires? The Ottoman empire was primarily Sunnite while the Safavid empire was Shi’ite. Mehmed I of the Ottoman empire was responsible for reunifying the empire following the Timurid invasions. The conqueror of the Byzantine
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