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	mugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mughal or Mogul Empire was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First battle of Panipat.
		After Aurangzeb died in 1707, the empire started a slow and steady decline in actual power, although it maintained all the trappings of power for another 150 years.
		The Mughal Empire was Islamic, although many of the subjects of the Empire, up to and including very high-ranking members of the court, were Hindu.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Mugal.html (2070 words)

	EMPIRE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For many centuries, the term "Empire" in the West applied exclusively to states which considered themselves to be successors to the Roman Empire, such as the Byzantine_Empire, the Holy_Roman_Empire, or, later, the Russian_Empire ruled from the "Third Rome" (Moscow).
		The Byzantine Empire was reconstructed and the Trebizondine fell to the Ottomans.
		Europeans came to apply the term "empire" to large non-European monarchies, such as the Empire of China or the Mughul (or Mogul) Empire, and to extend it to past policies.
	www.igopay.com /empire (1728 words)

	Mogul dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mogul emperors ruled until the last one, Bahadur Shah II, was dethroned and exiled by the British; they included Akbar, Aurangzeb, and Shah Jahan.
		The Moguls established a more extensive and centralized empire than their Delhi sultanate forebears, and the Mogul era was one of great artistic achievement as well as urban and commercial development.
		When Akbar died 1605 the Mogul empire had a population of 70–100 million, but it was at its largest under Aurangzeb (ruled 1658–1707), who briefly subdued the Deccan and the south-central states of Bijapur and Golconda.
	tiscali-b2b.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0004873.html (363 words)

	DELHI - LoveToKnow Article on DELHI
		That of Humayun, the second of the Mogul dynasty, is a noble building of rosecoloured sandstone inlaid with white marble.
		Delhi became henceforth the capital of the Mahommedan Indian empire, Kutb-ud-din (the general and slave of Mahommed of Ghor) being left in command.
		The Mogul empire rapidly expanded during the reigns of Akbar and his successors down to Aurungzeb, when it attained its climax.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DELHI.htm (6265 words)

	AKBAR - LoveToKnow Article on AKBAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When Akbar ascended the throne, only a small portion of what had formerly been comprised within the Mogul empire owned his authority, and he devoted himself with great determination and success to the recovery of the revolted provinces.
		He tried by every means to develop and encourage commerce; he had the land accurately measured for the purpose of rightly adjusting taxation; he gave the strictest instructions to prevent extortion on the part of the taxgatherers, and in many other respects displayed an enlightened and equitable policy.
		He established schools throughout his empire for the education of both Hindus and Moslems, and he gathered round him many men of literary talent, among whom may be mentioned the brothers Feizi and Abul Fazl.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AK/AKBAR.htm (848 words)

	INDIA :: Indian History - Pre European Facts about India
		Babar (1482-1530), a Turkish-Mongol prince from Afghanistan and the founder of the Mogul Empire, invaded India in 1526.
		His grandson Jelaleddin Mahmomet Akbar (1542-1605) was the greatest of the Mogul emperors and under his 49 years reign, conquered all of Northern India and Afghanistan, extending his rule as far south as the Godvari River.
		With the decline of Mogul central authority, the period between 1707 and 1761 witnessed the rise of the provinces against Delhi.
	www.kuttyjapan.com /india/india-pre-european.asp (726 words)

	A Concise History of India, Chapter 4
		The name Mogul is a corruption of the word Mongol because the Mogul Empire's founder, Babur, was descended from the Mongol leaders; his father was a great-great-grandson of Timur, and his mother was a 12th-generation descendant of Genghis Khan.
		The Mogul army was driven into the Ganges River, and Humayun himself escaped only because a water carrier lent him an inflated animal skin to cross the river with.
		The Moguls were all but swamped by the vast Hindu army, but during the final charge, Himu was killed by an arrow that struck him in the eye and went all the way through his head.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /india/in04.html (6987 words)

	Mogul empire capital Information
		Mogul Empire Capital are great for when you're looking to get better at mogul empire capital for selfish purposes.
		Agra was the capital of the Mogul empire under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan (3 rd, 4 th and 5 th Moguls).
		The Mogul Empire: India from 1500 to 1765 A.D. The Xenophile Historian A Concise History of India...
	capital.3intersource4.info /working-capital-fund/mogul-empire-capital.html (346 words)

	An Indian Affair
		The Mogul emperors ruled India from 1526, after their king Babur defeated Ibrahim, the sultan of Delhi, until 1858 when the last of 17 emperors, Bahadur Shah, was exiled to Burma.
		Jelaleddin Mahmomet Akbar (1542-1605) was deemed to be the greatest of the Mogul emperors.
		Although the Moguls were Muslims and most of their subjects were Hindu, they maintained their rule by religious tolerance and military might.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/I/indian_affair/tback1.html (360 words)

	vol01chap07
		In the beginning of the thirteenth century, Temugin, the son of a Mogul chief, laid the foundations of a vast empire in the north east of Tartary or Mongolia.
		From Persia, the Moguls spread their ravages and conquests over Syria, Armenia, and Anatolia, or what is now called Turkey in Asia; but Arabia was protected by its burning deserts, and Egypt was successfully defended by the arms of the Mamalukes, who even repelled the Moguls from Syria.
		In the distribution of the vast empire of Zingis, we have already seen that Zagathai, one of his sons, received the subordinate rule of Transoxiana, or the rich country on the rivers Jihon or Amu, and the Sir or Sihon, the Oxus and Jaxartes of the ancients.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/kerr/vol01chap07.html (1545 words)

	Articles - Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For many centuries, the term "Empire" in the West applied exclusively to states which considered themselves to be successors to the Roman Empire, such as the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, or, later, the Russian Empire ruled from the "Third Rome" (Moscow).
		Many ancient empires maintained control of their subject peoples by controlling the supply of a vital resource, usually water; historians refer to such rÃ©gimes as "hydraulic empires".
		The Holy Roman Empire, itself in a sense a re-constitution of the Roman Empire, underwent many transformations in its long history, fissuring extensively, experimenting with federalism and re-constituting itself as the Austrian Empire - vastly different in nature and in territory.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Empire (1778 words)

	British Empire
		However, this empire came to an end with the independence of the United States.
		After the Suez Canal was built in Egypt the Canal Zone was a British base to protect it and Egypt itself became a protectorate, and Aden at the southern tip of Arabia was a fueling point for ships passing from Suez to India and a Naval base for patrolling the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
		The empire in Africa started as slave trading depots in Ghana (Gold Coast) and other parts of the West African coast.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/empire.html (1801 words)

	Potted histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Chou established a wide empire with a developed form of feudalism almost as sophisticated as that of medieval Europe, and their reign appears to be regarded as something of a golden age in Chinese history.
		The Akkadian empire lasted barely a couple of centuries, though, before it began to decay Between 2200and 2100 BC, Mesopotamia was plunged into a dark age (of 50 years according to Tainter), when the empire was fragmented, at war with itself and plundered by outsiders.
		When the Ottoman empire was in its heyday Islamic civilisation was also flowering in northern India, in the form of the Mogul empire.
	www.darkage.fsnet.co.uk /PottedHistories.htm (15540 words)

	All Empires History Forum: Who were Mughals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If I remember correctly, Babur, the first Mogul emperor, had a father who was a great-great-grandson of Timur, and his mother was a 12th-generation descendant of Genghis Khan.
		The Mogul's ruled from 1526 through 1857 - their empire at its height reached across India from Baluchistan to Bengal and from the Himilayas to the Deccan, up through the Punjab and Kashmir and included areas as far away as Kabul and Kandahar.
		The Moguls most lasting - and certainly most famous monument is the Taj Mahal - built as a funerary monument and tomb for himself and his beloved late wife Mumtaz Mahal, the mother of Aurangzeb.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2115&PN=1 (1179 words)

	History of Iran: The Siege of Herat 1837-1838
		In the early fifteenth century it was the capital of a wide empire ruled by the son of Tamerlane, but his successors allowed this empire to dwindle until in 1506 Herat fell to the Uzbegs, fresh invaders from Central Asia.
		Safavid Persia coexisted with the Mogul empire of India, the Uzbeg Khanate of Bukhara, the Ottoman empire, and the emerging empire of Russia.
		The Kajar rulers of Persia considered themselves the successors of the Safavids, and consciously tried to restore the outward appearance of that empire, but their efforts were to be less than successful.[7] The Afghan dominion lacked this tradition to fall back on since it encompassed the border areas of three empires.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/siege_of_herat01.php (1496 words)

	National Geographic MapMachine: Student Atlas - Mogul Dynasty Photo, History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		India's Mogul Empire (A.D. 1523 to 1857) had its start with Babur, a central Asian descended from Mongol leader Genghis Khan and Timur (the Lame), a Turkic conquerer.
		The empire was a melting pot of Arab, Persian, and Indian cultures, and this was evident in the diverse architecture of the period, full of marble structures with domes, arches, and minarets.
		In the 1700s European powers battled for Indian riches, and the Mogul Empire was reduced to a small kingdom.
	seabed.nationalgeographic.com /studentatlas/clickup/mogul.html (362 words)

	Imperialism is a Latin word, derived from the era of the Roman Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There was several causes of this Imperialism: nationalism which prompted rival European nations to build empires in competition to gain power, the Industrial Revolution in Europe created a great need for raw materials and expanded markets, and religious fervor and racial superiority feelings prompted Europeans to impose their cultures on distant lands.
		The empire grew at an astounding rate, and despite one or two failures, the progress of the British was incredible.
		Though the Mogul Empire was on its downhill slide it still held prestige in the minds of the people.
	www.wou.edu /las/socsci/kimjensen/paper1.htm (3750 words)

	IO 1103 - Mogul Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		IO# 1103 Identify relevant physical and cultural characteristics of the Mogul Empire of the Indian subcontinent c.
		Civilization in India was shaped by the unique geographic nature of the subcontinent including the Himalayas to the north, the monsoonal subtropical climate, and the river valley system.
		The Mogul Empire, founded by Babur in the mid-16th century, introduced Islam into the rich cultural mix of India dominated by Hinduism.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/MWH/1103.html (173 words)

	Ten Great Events in History - Chapter IX. Plassey; and How An Empire Was Won (By James Johonnot)
		For another hundred years, the Mogul Emperors, descendants of Baber, held firm possession of India, and in that time the country reached the height of its power in wealth and influence.
		In the beginning of the eighteenth century the Mogul Empire began to decline.
		One of the most powerful of all the provinces of the Mogul Empire was “The Deccan,”; which extended its sway over all of Southern India.
	www.authorama.com /ten-great-events-in-history-10.html (6348 words)

	Urban Dictionary: empire
		It is often used now to define one country which forces other countries to serve it by force and oppresion, this I would not put as a correct term as it includes superpowers and would therefore make this term invalid.
		What all empires have in common is that they have all fallen due to various instances, be it civil wars and outbreaks, or even acts of God.
		"Although the Empire in Star Wars is ficticious, it is a very good example of an empire, y'know with all those stormtroopers all up in a nice line in one of the docking bays, and all that stuff.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=empire&r=d (585 words)

	Agra
		When Shah Jahan built the mausoleum the Mogul Empire had reached its zenith and could ill-afford further extravagant spending.
		The capital of the Mogul empire from 1566–69 and 1601–58, it is the site of the Taj Mahal, built during the latter period.
		The present city was founded in 1566 as the capital of the Mogul empire, and covered an area of 28 sq km/10.8 sq mi.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0000049.html (491 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Islam: History: Dynasties and Empires: Mughal Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BBC : The Mughal Empire - A brief account of the Mughal (or Mogul) Empire, which ruled most of India and Pakistan in the 16th and 17th centuries; it also spread Muslim (and particularly Persian) arts and culture in South Asia.
		A Concise History Of India : The Mogul Empire - Covers the rise and decline of the Mogul Empire on the Indian sub-continent, from 1500 to 1765 CE.
		The Mughal Empire - A timeline from 1526 to the Battle of Plassey.
	dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Islam/History/Dynasties_and_Empires/Mughal_Empire (317 words)

	India before the British
		Mogul Empire and the subsequent division of India.
		But after his death, the empire began to decline.
		The princes were thus never strong enough to dominate any sizeable territories and the Mogul Empire, shrank thought it was lasted till 1858.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/history/empire/before.html (661 words)

	LAWSO 160 Keywords: The Mogul Empire (16)
		The function of the emperor was to protect the weak and “avenge the persecuted.” Without a monarch there would be confusion and anarchy.
		Differences that existed amongst the people in the empire led to revolutions and the destruction of the state.
		The fall of the Mogul Empire to the English came around the turn of the nineteenth century.
	home.earthlink.net /~garrickl/KEY_16.htm (367 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 65
		Elevation of Timour or Tamerlane to the Throne of Samarcand.
		The Mogul prince was a zealous Mussulman; but his Persian schools had taught him to revere the memory of Ali and Hosein; and he had imbibed a deep prejudice against the Syrians, as the enemies of the son of the daughter of the apostle of God.
		A fragment of the empire was upheld with some glory by Sharokh, his youngest son; but after his decease, the scene was again involved in darkness and blood; and before the end of a century, Transoxiana and Persia were trampled by the Uzbeks from the north, and the Turkmans of the fl and white sheep.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/gibbone/rome/volume2/chap65.htm (11055 words)

	Opinion
		It was however, Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi, the next in line in the Naqshbandi silsilah who had a critical impact on the Mogul empire.
		Shaikh Ahmed, at least in the initial stages of his writings, held that the Hindus be treated as dhimmis and the experiment of Hindu-Muslim cooption be stopped.
		Indeed, so powerful was the draft from Shaikh Ahmed’s legacy, that one witnesses a simultaneous increase in rigid religious zeal in the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia in the early part of the eighteenth century.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Opinion/2005/Mar05/18/01.htm (1416 words)

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