Exploring Islamic History & Culture
On October 17, 1817, famous Muslim reformer, philosopher, modernist and the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar II. Sir Syed is considered one of the most important figu ...
On September 20, 1857, the British East India Company's forces captured the city of Delhi after a more than 3-month-long siege. With the fall of Delhi, Mughal Empire also came to an end. India's First War of Independence thus came to a bloody end in ...
Aligarh Muslim University or AMU is a public central university in Aligarh, India, which was originally established by Islamic modernist, reformer and educator Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1875. The Indian Uprising of 1857 was one of the major turning point ...
On May 10, 1857, the first Indian War of Independence or Indian Uprising of 1857 began from Meerut to overthrow the rule of the British East India Company. https://youtu.be/pLUb508RJn4 With an 81-year-old Mughal ruler of Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar ...
On 24 February 1739, Shah of Persia and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, Nader Shah crushed a large Mughal army in the Battle of Karnal near Delhi. A number of leading Mughal generals had died on the battlefield. Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah was take ...
On this day, 11 February 1556, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar ascended the Mughal throne after his father Humanyu's death. He came to the throne at the age of 13. But being too young to rule independently, the country was effectively governed by a regent, B ...
On this day, 13th of January, 1709 CE, the Battle of Hyderabad took place between the two sons of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I and Kam Bakhsh. Bakhsh was critically injured and would die the next day. Bahadur Shah himself washed the wounds from Kam Baksh’s ...
Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir | Photo: Wikimedia Today on the 18th of December in 1645 CE, the Mughal Empress, and wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan died in Lahore (now in Pakistan). She was born as Muhr-un-Nisa but whe ...
Today on the 29th of November in 1759 CE, the 14th Mughal Emperor Aziz al-Din (Alamgir II) was killed by the assassins sent by his wazir Imad al-Mulk and his Maratha allies. Alamgir II was a mere figurehead with all the real power vested in the hand of h ...
On the 24th of October in 1775 CE, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was born in Shahjanabad, Mughal Empire (now in Old Delhi, India). He was the son of Akbar II and ascended the throne in 1837. At the time of his enthronement, he was a v ...