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    Akbar the Great was the third Mughal emperor who ruled a vast empire from 1556 to 1605. When he became emperor at age 13, his empire controlled northern and central India but it took him nearly 20 years to consolidate control. He expanded his empire through military campaigns and diplomacy, doubling the land under his rule. Akbar was a great patron of the arts and initiated many cultural and religious reforms. He founded a new religion called the Din-i-Ilahi but it did not survive after his death.

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    Akbar the Great was the third Mughal emperor who ruled a vast empire from 1556 to 1605. When he became emperor at age 13, his empire controlled northern and central India but it took him nearly 20 years to consolidate control. He expanded his empire through military campaigns and diplomacy, doubling the land under his rule. Akbar was a great patron of the arts and initiated many cultural and religious reforms. He founded a new religion called the Din-i-Ilahi but it did not survive after his death.

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    Akbar the Great was the third Mughal emperor who ruled a vast empire from 1556 to 1605. When he became emperor at age 13, his empire controlled northern and central India but it took him nearly 20 years to consolidate control. He expanded his empire through military campaigns and diplomacy, doubling the land under his rule. Akbar was a great patron of the arts and initiated many cultural and religious reforms. He founded a new religion called the Din-i-Ilahi but it did not survive after his death.

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    Akbar redirects here. For other uses, see Akbar (disambiguation)
    Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar ( Jall ud-Dn Muhammad Akbar), also
    known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (full title: Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan alMukarram, Imam-i-'Adil, Sultan ul-Islam Kaffatt ul-Anam, Amir ul-Mu'minin, Khalifat ulMuta'ali Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar I Sahib-i-Zaman, Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah
    ['Arsh-Ashyani]) (November 23, 1542 October 17 or October 27, 1605)[1][2] was the son of
    Nasiruddin Humayun whom he succeeded as ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605. He
    was the grandson of Babur who founded the Mughal dynasty. On the eve of his death in 1605,
    the Mughal empire spanned almost 500 million acres (doubling during Akbar's reign).
    Akbar, widely considered the greatest of the Mughal emperors, was only 13 when he ascended
    throne of Delhi, due to the death of his father Humayun.[3] It took him better part of two decades
    to consolidate and bring parts of northern and central india in his realm. During his reign, he
    reduced external military threats from the Afghan descendants of Sher Shah by waging wars
    against afghan tribes, and at the Second Battle of Panipat he defeated the Hindu king Samrat
    Hemu Chandra Vikramaditya, also called Hemu.[4][5] Emperor solidified his rule by pursuing
    diplomacy with the powerful Rajput caste, and by admitting Rajput princesses in his harem.[4][6]
    Akbar was an artisan, artist, armorer, blacksmith, carpenter, emperor, general, inventor, animal
    trainer (reputedly keeping thousands of hunting cheetahs during his reign and training many
    himself), lacemaker, technologist and theologian.[7] His most lasting contributions were to the
    arts. He initiated a large collection of literature, including the Akbar-nama and the Ain-i-Akbari,
    and incorporated art from around the world into the Mughal collections. He also commissioned
    the building of widely admired buildings, and invented the first prefabricated homes and
    movable structures.[7] Akbar began a series of religious debates where Muslim scholars would
    debate religious matters with Sikhs, Hindus, Crvka atheists and even Jesuits from Portugal. He
    founded his own religious cult, the Din-i-Ilahi or the "Divine Faith"; however, it amounted only
    to a form of personality cult for Akbar, and quickly dissolved after his death leaving his wife
    behind.[8][4]

    Humayun

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    Humayun (full title: Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Jam-i-Sultanat-i-haqiqi
    wa Majazi, Sayyid al-Salatin, Abu'l Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun
    Padshah Ghazi, Zillu'llah ) (Persian: ( ) March 17, 1508 March 4, 1556) (OS
    March 7, 1508-OS February 22, 1556) was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled modern
    Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 15301540 and again from 15551556.
    Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but with Persian aid, he eventually regained an
    even larger one. On the eve of his death in 1556, the Mughal empire spanned almost one million
    square kilometers.
    He succeeded his father in India in 1530, while his half-brother Kamran Mirza, who was to
    become a rather bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore, the more northern
    parts of their father's empire. He originally ascended the throne at the age of 22 and was
    somewhat inexperienced when he came to power.
    Humayun lost his Indian territories to the Afghan Sultan, Sher Shah Suri, and, with Persian aid,
    regained them fifteen years later. Humayun's return from Persia, accompanied by a large retinue
    of Persian noblemen, signalled an important change in Mughal Court culture, as the Central
    Asian origins of the dynasty were largely overshadowed by the influences of Persian art,
    architecture, language and literature. Subsequently, in a very short time, Humayun was able to
    expand the Empire further, leaving a substantial legacy for his son, Akbar the Great (Akbar-eAzam).

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