abiut mughal dynasty rulers of mughal dynasty babur, humayun, akbar, nur jahan, shah jahan, aurangazeb

1. The Mughal Dynasty

2. The Mughal Dynasty
Period Between 1500-1800
1. Great Empire
a. foreigners and Muslim
2. From mountainous region north of the
Indus river valley

3. The Mughal Dynasty
Babur
- descendent
1. Asian conqueror Tamerlane
2. Genghis Khan
- inherited upland river area of Syr Darya
- lead a group of warriors
1. seized Kabul in 1504
2. 1517 crossed the Khyber Pass
3. fights Indians
a. outnumbered
b. wins
* capture Delhi
- Dies 1530

5. The Mughal Dynasty
Akbar
- grandson of Babur
- took over when he was 14
- very intelligent
- extends rule over most of subcontinent(1605)
1. heavy artillery
2. semi-autonomous states

7. The Mughal Dynasty
Known for his Humane Rule
1. accepted the diversity of Indian
civilization
a. religious tolerance
* allowed Hindus to serve in court
* allowed the Jesuits
b. allowed Hindus to serve in court
c. took Hindu wives as some of his
princesses

8. The Mughal Dynasty
Tolerant Administration
1 high officials were Muslims
2. lower officials were Hindu
3. Zamindars (Local Officials)
a. paid in land
b. peasants farmed land for the officials
* 1/3 of a peasants salary taxed
* taxes flexible
Political Stability Allowed Industry to
Flourish

9. The Mughal Dynasty
Jahangir
- court fell into the hands of his wives
a. Nur Jahan
* used her position to increase
her families wealth

10. The Mughal Dynasty
Shah Jahan
1. son of Nur Jahan
2. ruler in 1627
a. killed rivals
3. failed at internal problems
a. inherited empty treasury
* Nur Jahan
b. majority of subjects in horrible poverty
c. military campaigns & building project
* raise taxes
d. Transportation Problems
* nothing done

11. The Mughal Dynasty
As the famine increased, men abandoned towns
and villages and wandered helplessly. It was
easy to recognize their condition: eyes sunk
deep in head, lips pale and covered with slime,
the skin hard, with the bones showing through,
the belly nothing but a pouch hanging down
empty, knuckles and knee-caps showing
prominently. One would cry and howl for
hunger, while another lay stretched on the
ground dying in misery; wherever you went, you
saw nothing but corpses.

12. The Mughal Dynasty
Struggle for Power
Aurangzeb
- kills his brother
- imprisons his father
- devoutly Muslim
- good things
1. forbid Hindu suttee
2. forbid illegal taxes
3. forbid gambling and drinking
(failed)
- bad things
1. new Hindu temples forbidden
2. non-Muslims driven from court
3. Hindus forced to convert to Islam