MUGHAL EMPERORS OF INDIA - AKBAR
Akbar (1556 – 1605)
• Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar was the son of Humayun and Hamida Banu Begam. He was born at Amarkot in 1542.• Bairam Khan coronated him at Kalanaur when he was 14 years old.• Bairam Khan represented him in the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556 against Hemu Vikramaditya. Hemu, the PM of Muhammad Shah Adil of Bengal, was defeated. Hemu is considered the last Hindu king ofDelhi.• Conquered Malwa in 1561 defeating Baz Bahadur.• Won Gujarat in 1572. It was in order to commemorate his victory of Gujarat that Akbar got the Buland Darwaza constructed at Fatehpur Sikri.• Also introduced the Mansabdary System to organise the nobility as well as the army. Mansabdar meant holder of a rank.
Akbar’s Navratna History• Abu’l – Fazl, the Wazir of Akbar and author of the Akbamama an account of Akbar’s reign.• Faizi was historian Abul Fazl’s brother in Akbar’s court. He was a poet composing in Persian and an all – round genius.• Tansen, believed to be one of the greatest musician of all times, was born in a Hindu family in Gwalior• Raja Birbal, alias Mahesh Das, was a courtier in the administration of Akbar.• Raja Todar Mai was Akbar’s finance minister, who overhauled the revenue system in the kingdom.• Raja Man Singh was the Kacchwaha raja of Amber. He was a mansabdar and a trusted general of Akbar• Abdul Rahim Khan – e – Khana was a poet and the son of Akbar’s trusted caretaker, Bairam Khan. After Bairam Khan was murdered, Bairan Khan’s wife became the second wife of Akbar, which made Abdul Rahim Khan – e Khan his stepson• Faqir Aziao Din was one of Akbar’s chief advisors.• Mullah Do Piaza was among the Mughal emperor Akbar’s chief advisors
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