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 | | In October 1627, Shah Jahan, the son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Rajput princess Manmati, succeeded to the throne, where he inherited a vast and rich empire in India; and at mid-century this was perhaps the greatest empire in the world. |
 | | The Mughal emperor Akbar is; remembered as tolerant, at least by the standards of the day: only one major massacre was recorded during his long reign (1542-1605), when he ordered most of the captured inhabitants of a fort be slain on February 24, 1568, after the battle for Chitor. |
 | | Mughal rule under Jahangir (1605â“27) and Shah Jahan (1628â“58) was noted for political stability, brisk economic activity, beautiful paintings, and monumental buildings. |
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