1st Edition

The Builders of the Mogul Empire

By Michael Prawdin Copyright 1963
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1963. The Moguls, the descendants of the Mongols, two and a half centuries later than Jenghiz Khan, created an empire that stretched from Persia to Burma and from the Himalayas to the centre of the Indian subcontinent. It was a creation almost more astonishing than Jenghiz Khan's own: an empire that was civilized and prosperous, and which left behind an artistic legacy that has... Read more

Part One: Babur;  1. Samarkand Gained and Lost  2. The Fugitive  3. The Kingdom of Kabul  4. From Samarkand to Delhi  5. In the Foreign Land  6. Safeguarding the Empire;  Part Two: Humayun;  1. The First Years  2. Loss of the Empire  3. The Reconquest of Kabul  4. Return to India;  Part Three: Akbar;  1. Under Tutelage  2. Conquering and Organizing  3. The Reformer  4. The Divine Faith  5. In the North  6. The End of the Reign;  Chronology;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Michael Prawdin