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4. The Mughal Empire

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Describe the scene shown in the picture.
Hint: Akbar had nine jewels in his court.
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The last sultan of Delhi Sultanate was Ibrahim Lodi. He owing to his Timurid ancestry. The Mughals were the
adopted a despotic attitude towards the nobility. This descendants of the Mongols. ‘Mughal’ is the Persian
was resented to by his ministers, military generals and word for Mongol. Babur was a descendant of Genghis
governors all alike. As a result, the Afghan nobles Khan on his mother’s side, and Timur, the ruler of Iran,
revolted. The governor of Punjab, Daulat Khan Lodi, Afghanistan and Central Asia, on his father’s side.
was also unhappy with the attitude of Ibrahim Lodi.
First Battle of Panipat (1526 CE)
The governors of Bengal, Sind, Multan and Jaunpur
and the rulers of Mewar, Malwa, Gujarat and Ibrahim Lodi met
Khandesh no loger supported the Delhi Sultans. Babur’s army on 21st
April, 1526. Babur was
Finally, Daulat Khan invited Babur to invade India and
victorious because his
offered his services against the forces of Ibrahim Lodi.
army was well trained
Babur (1526 CE-1530 CE) and disciplined as
compared to Lodi’s Battle of Panipat
Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur,
army. The victory was also due to the able
the founder of the Mughal Empire,
statesmanship of Babur and the use of artillery.
was a descendant of Timur. At first,
he was merely interested in This victory made Babur the master of the central
conquering those parts of Punjab to India and led to the founding of the Mughal empire in
which he could lay hereditary claim the Indian subcontinent.
Babur
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