Humayun

During the recent Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan, the father of the late Humayun Khan, gave a speech addressing the continued hate coming from presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Khan addresses the constant bashing of the Muslim people and other minorities, and even asks for him to “look for the words liberty and equal protection of law” in the U.S. Constitution. During his speech, Khan addressed the sacrifices his family made in a “nation where they were free to be themselves and…

The empire ended when the capital of Isfahan was taken by Afghani tribes in 1722. Mughals: The mughal empire was founded by Zahiruddin babur in 1526. He died after four years and left his son Humayun incharge. Humayun had the kingdom taken away by rajput kings but then he took it back in 1556. Then humayun died, by falling off the library steps. Next emperor was Akbar the great. Akbar extended the empire greatly throughout northern and central india. He abolished the hated jizya tax and…

Answer Q39: The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his kingdom was Hyder AliKrishnadevarayaRajaraja IITipu Sultan View Answer Q40: The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga Humayun and Nusrat Shah Humayun and Sher ShahIbrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga View Answer Q41: Who was the founder of the Indian Association? Bal Gangadhar TilakDadabhai…

Introduction As turkish empires the Ottoman and Mughal Empires share many political beliefs and ideals. Arguably the best way compare and contrast the ideals and beliefs of the empires is to look at policies they enact. To help understand the political ideals and beliefs two specific policies of the Ottoman and Mughal which similar in during their conception evolved throughout the reign of the empires. It should be noted that both empires faced different threats and obstacles, and how they…

great name to Science. Researches from the Bionic Ear Institute, University of Melbourne and the University of New South Wales are in the development of a better bionic eye, which incorporates easier lifestyle. The inventor of the bionic eye Mark Humayun invented the first prototype of the bionic eye, which has then been implanted into a 84 year old man in England. Kyel Slater, Nick Sinclair and Owen Burns were the three Aussies who took the bionic eye and developed it into their own hands.…

These novels are Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi (1940) and Ocean of Night (1964), Iqbalunnisa Hussain’s Purdah and Polygamy: Life in an Indian Muslim Household (1944), Humayun Kabir’s Men and River (1945), a novel based on a folk tale, Amir Ali’s Conflict (1947), Via Geneva (1967) and Assignment in Kashmir (1973), K. A. Abbas’s Tomorrow is Ours: A Novel of the India of Today (1943) and Inquilab: A Novel of the Indian Revolution…

Akbar was an enlightened and successful administrator. It goes to the credit of Akbar that the subsequent Mughal rulers followed in principle the administrative policy developed by him. Babur and Humayun had little time to take any initiative in formulating any administrative policy worth the name. Important features of Akbar’s administration are given below: Akbar’s ideal of Kingship. According to him, “Upon the conduct of a monarch depends the efficiency of any course of action. His…

Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar was the third generation Mughal emperor, who was born in Umarkot, Sindh, and inherited the throne of his father, Humayun at the age of 13-14 in 1556. He ruled India for almost 50 years till 1605 during which India went through the most glorious period in its history. His empire saw Akbar grow from his teens and become a wise, strategic leader, who transformed India, and came to be known as Akbar, The Great. During his early years of rule from 1556 to 1560, Akbar was a…

Islamic law has several sources, which are the primary sources Al-Quran and Sunnah, as well as the secondary sources such as the interpretation by the scholars. In recent years, there is a tendency towards fundamentalism. Modern scholars believe the Islamic Jurisprudence should be renewed, and the classic jurist should lose their special status. This require formulating a new fiqh suitable for current society. It aims is not to challenge the fundamental of Islam, but to clear away the…

harmony among Muslim and Hindus. Before that, these sentiments were encouraged by saints like Baba Guru Nanak, Chaitanya and Kabir and the verses of Hafez who was a famous Persian poet. Religious tolerance was also found during the period of Taimur and Humayun. This had a great influence on Akbar’s religious policy. His childhood tutors, who were Irani Shias, made a significant contribution to Akbar's later preference towards religious tolerance.…