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India: Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (1542 - 1605)

India: Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (1542 - 1605)

Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, also known as Shahanshah or Akbar the Great (1542—1605), was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Humayun, and the grandson of Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. By the end of his reign in 1605, the Mughal empire covered most of the northern and central India and was one of the most powerful empires of its age.

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