Akbar
Also known as Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, Akbar the Great, Akbar Mahan, Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, Akbar I
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.
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Akbar was the third emperor of the Mughal dynasty who ruled India from 1556 to 1605 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Indian history. He significantly expanded and unified the Mughal empire across the Indian subcontinent, consolidating many previously separate kingdoms under his control.
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53 sectionsContents
- Early years
- Ancestry
- Military campaigns
- Military innovations
- North India
- Central India
- Assassination attempt
- Rajputana
- Western and Eastern India
- Afghanistan and Central Asia
- Indus Valley
- Baluchistan
- Safavids and Kandahar
- Deccan Sultans
- Administration
- Political structure
- Taxation
- Military organisation
- Capitals
- Culture
- Economy
- Trade
- Coins
- Diplomacy
- Matrimonial alliances
- Foreign relations
- Relations with the Portuguese
- Relations with the Ottoman Empire
- Relations with the Safavid dynasty
- Relations with other contemporary kingdoms
- Religious policy
- Association with the Muslim aristocracy
- Din-i Ilahi
- Relation with Hindus
- Relation with Jains
- Historical accounts
- Personality
- Hagiography
- Akbarnāma, the ''Book of Akbar''
- Consorts and concubines
- Death
- Legacy
- Issue
- In popular culture
- Films and television
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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.
Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent through Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects, including abolishing the sectarian tax and appointing them to high civil and military posts.