Akbar
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Military significance: Highly authoritarian but just and fair, Akbar undertook military reforms that created a severely centralized state.
Born after his father Humāyūn had lost his kingdom to the Afghan Sher Shah and was in exile, Akbar “the Great” was the third Mogul ruler. Helped by Humāyūn’s chief minister, Bairam, Akbar defeated his father’s opponents, securing a domain over Hindu India after the hard-fought Battle of Pānīpat (1556). As regent, he gradually established control of much of northern and central India, eventually...
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