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 ...
