Mirza Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram,also known as Shah Jahan I,was the fifth Mughal emperor,reigning from 1628 until 1658. During his reign,the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural and cultural achievements.
Berar Province,also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts,was a province of Hyderabad. After 1853,it was administered by the British,although the Nizam retained formal sovereignty over the province. Azam Jah,the eldest son of the 7th Nizam,held the title of Mirza-Baig ("Prince") of Berar.
Shahryar Mirza was the fifth and youngest son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. At the end of Jahangir's life and after his death,Shahryar made an attempt to become emperor,planning,supported and conspiracy by his one in influence and all-powerful stepmother Nur Jahan,who was also his mother-in-law. The succession was contested,though Shahryar exercised power,based in Lahore,from 7 November 1627 to 19 January 1628,but like his father,he allowed Nur Jahan to run the affairs and consolidate his reign,but she did not succeed,and he was defeated and was killed at the orders of his brother Khurram,better known as Shah Jahan once he took the throne. Shahryar would have been the fifth Mughal Emperor,but is usually not counted in the list of Mughal Emperors.
Sultana Chand Bibi was an Indian ruler and warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur Sultanate during the minority of Ibrahim Adil Shah II in 1580-1590,and regent of Ahmednagar Sultanate during the minority of her great nephew Bahadur Shah in 1595-1600. Chand Bibi is best known for defending Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar in 1595.
Khusrau Mirza was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and his first wife,Shah Begum. The young prince displayed exceptional skills and wisdom and had the privilege to be groomed by the Mughal Emperor (Akbar) himself for the throne of the Mughal Empire. He turned out to be the most capable and qualified son of Jahangir but was befallen by an unfortunate destiny. Being Jahangir's eldest son,he was the heir-apparent to his father but Jahangir favoured his son Khurram Mirza as he held an animosity against Khusrau.
The Farooqi dynasty or the Farooq Shahi was the ruling dynasty of the Khandesh Sultanate from its inception in 1382 till its annexation by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1601. The founder of the dynasty,Malik Ahmad participated in a rebellion against the Bahmani ruler Muhmmad Shah I in his early years. When he was compelled to flee from Deccan,he established in Thalner on the Tapti River. After receiving the grant of the fiefdoms of Thalner and Karanda from Firuz Shah Tughluq in 1370,he conquered the region around Thalner,which later became known as Khandesh. By 1382,he started ruling independently.
Mahabat Khan,born Zamana Beg,was a prominent Mughal general and statesman,perhaps best known for his coup against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1626. He also served Subahdar of Malwa Subah from 1611 to 1623 and Bengal Subah during 1625–1626. He earned the title Khan-i-Khanan from emperor Shah Jahan.
Daniyal Mirza was the shahzada of the Mughal Empire who served as the Viceroy of the Deccan. He was the third son of Emperor Akbar and the half-brother of Emperor Jahangir.
Parviz Mirza was the second son of Mughal emperor Jahangir from his wife,Sahib Jamal. His daughter,Nadira Banu Begum,later became the wife of Dara Shikoh.
Gaj Singh Rathore ruled the Kingdom of Marwar as Raja,Gaj Singh I,from 7 September 1619 until his death.
Sawai Raja Soor Singh or Suraj Mal or Suraj Singh,was the ruler of the Rathore Kingdom of Marwar .His sister Manawati Deiji/Bilqis Makani was the consort of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and mother of his successor Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh is a Persian language chronicle written by Sujan Rai in the Mughal Empire of present-day India. It deals with the history of Hindustan,and it also contains details about the contemporary Mughal Empire. Sujan Rai completed the book in 1695 CE,during the reign of Aurangzeb. An insertion about Aurangzeb's death was later added to the original copy by a transcriber.
The Gujarat Subah was a province (subah) of the Mughal Empire,encompassing the Gujarat region. The region first fell under Mughal control in 1573,when the Mughal emperor Akbar defeated the Gujarat Sultanate under Muzaffar Shah III.
Hushang Mirza or Hoshang Mirza was a Mughal prince and grandson of the third Mughal emperor,Akbar. He was the youngest son of Daniyal Mirza and nephew of the fourth Mughal emperor,Jahangir.
Sa'adullah Khan,also spelled Sadullah Khan was a noble of the Mughal Empire who served as the last grand vizier of Emperor Shah Jahan and Vakil-I-Mutlaq in the period 1645–1656.
Khwaja Sabir,Nasiri Khan or Khan-i-Dauran was an Indian Muslim viceroy of the Deccan and one of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s leading sardars. He received the title "Khan Dauran" during the conquest of Daulatabad. He died in Lahore in 1645 from a knife wound from his own attendant,a Kashmiri Brahmin. He hald the rank of 7,000 horse.
Asad Khan,born Muhammad Ibrahim,was a high-ranking noble of the Mughal Empire during the reigns of Aurangzeb and Bahadur Shah. He is known for his tenure as the wazir of emperor Aurangzeb in the period 1676–1707,and was an important player in Mughal court politics.
The Mughal conquest of Mewar was a military campaign led by Shah Jahan under the command of Emperor Jahangir in 1615. After a year of attrition warfare,Rana Amar Singh I signed a treaty conditionally to the Mughal forces,transforming Mewar into a vassal state of the Mughal Empire.
The Siege of Daulatabad (1633) was a conflict between the Mughal Empire and the Ahmadnagar Sultanate,wherein the fort-city of Daulatabad was besieged by a Mughal force for several months and successfully captured. The Bijapur Sultanate also participated in the conflict against the Mughals,sending a large army to the aid of the fort's garrison. The conflict took place after several Mughal victories securing other minor forts in Ahmadnagar control,but was distinguished by the political significance of Daulatabad to the Ahmadnagar Sultanate. This event marked Mughal victory in the ongoing war between the Mughals and the Ahmadnagar Sultanate;it ended the Nizam Shahi dynasty and concluded the Sultanate,marking another step in the Mughal advance over the Deccan region. The victory did not fully quell resistance in the Western Deccan;a year later,Maratha commander Shahji Bhonsle attempted a bid for power using a puppet ruler of the Nizam Shahi house.
The Tarikh-i-Khan-Jahani is a 17th-century Persian language text describing the history of the ethnic Afghans. Versions of the work are referred to by the names Makhzan-i-Afghani and Tarikh-i-Khan Jahani Wa Makhzan-i-Afghani. It was sponsored by Khan Jahan Lodi,a high-ranking noble of the Mughal emperor Jahangir,and its principal author was Nimat Allah al-Harawi,a waqia-navis (news-writer) serving the Mughal Empire. It represents the earliest comprehensive history of the Afghans,and the first to tackle their ethnogenesis,codifying several oral histories of the Afghan community. It also contains a biography of Khan Jahan Lodi. The work served as the basis for subsequent written histories of the Afghans.
