16th-century Mughal Empire people

Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, – ), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent. He is generally considered one of the greatest emperors in Indian history and led a successful campaign to unify the various kingdoms of Hindūstān or India proper.

Babur (, ; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').

Nasir al-Din Muhammad (, 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (, ), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to his death in 1556. At the time of his death, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometers.

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645)

Grand vizier of Mughal emperor Akbar from 1579 to 1602

Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561)

Mughal princess

Rāmtanu Panday ( – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tānsen (), or Sangeet Samrāt (), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Gwalior, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He got his first break as musician and composer in the court of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh Baghel (r. 1555–1592), where Tānsen's musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame. This reputation brought him to

Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was appointed by Akbar and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the navaratnas (nine jewels). In February 1586, he led an army to crush an unrest in the north-west Indian subcontinent now modern day Swat District Pakistan where he was killed along with many troops in an ambush which turned into a full-scale battle against rebelling Yusu

Mughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)

Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, commonly known as Khvandamir (, also spelled Khwandamir; 1475/76–1535/36) was a Persian historian who was active in the Timurid, Safavid and Mughal empires. He is principally known for his Persian universal history, the Habib al-siyar (The beloved of careers), which was regarded by both the Safavids and Mughals as their first official court account.

thumb|Depiction of Prince Salim and Anarkali, 1940 Anarkali () is a legendary lady said to be loved by the 16th-century Mughal Prince Salim, who later became Emperor Jahangir. According to some accounts, Anarkali was the nickname of the courtesan (tawaif) Mehr-un-Nisa, though scholars hold varying opinions.

thumb|A Court Scene from Sadi's Gulistan (Rose Garden), 1596 Basāwan, or Basāvan (flourished 1580–1600), was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. He was known by his contemporaries as a skilled colorist and keen observer of human nature, and for his use of portraiture in the illustrations of Akbarnama, Mughal Emperor, Akbar's official Biography, which is seen as an innovation in Indian art.

Mughal prince

Kacchwaha King of Amber, later known as Jaipur

16th-century Persian painter (1500–1593)

Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak, popularly known by his pen-name, Faizi (20 September 1547 – 15 October 1595) was a poet and scholar of late medieval India whose ancestors were the ''Malik-ush-Shu'ara'' (poet laureate) of Akbar's Court. He was the elder brother of Akbar's historian Abul Fazl. Akbar highly recognised the genius in him and appointed him tutor for his sons and gave place to him among his decorative 'Navaratnas'.

Mughal king Akbar's wet nurse.

official in the Mughal empire

Grand Mufti of India and historian (1540–1615)

Indian raja

Mughal general (1531-1562)

16th-century Mughal prince in India

Mughal Empire prince

Mughal prince

Elder sister of Emperor Babur

Hindustani Imperial and Royal

Mughal princess

Mughal noble

General, Governor and Prime Minister of the Mughal Empire

Mughal Empire emperor

Wife of Emperor Babur

Persian illustrator and painter (1510–1572)

First wife of Emperor Jahangir

historian

Mughal princess

shahzadi of Mughal Empire

princess of Jaisalmer

Iranian painter (1547-1615)

Mughal princess and the daughter of the first Mughal emperor, Babur

shahzadi of Mughal Empire

Ruler of Gujarat and general

Islamic scholar

Indo-Persian poet

master painter in the Mughal emperor's court

Daughter of Emperor Humayun and Gunwar Bibi

Persian philosopher and priest

Mughal noble and general (died 1562)

Persian illustrator and painter

Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order

16th-century Persian Sufi polymath

empress consort of the Mughal Empire

Wife of Emperor Jahangir

Legendary Baloch folk hero and chieftain of Rind Tribe

Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir

Mughal princess

Mughal Empire General, entitled as Khan-i-Jahan

Kacchwaha King of Amber, later known as Jaipur

Sufi Martyr