College history of India Author:James Talboys Wheeler Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. MOGHUL EMPIRE: BABER, HUMAYUN, AKBAR, JEHANGfR. 1526-1627. § i. Moghul conquest of Hindustan : Baser. § 2. Afghan uprising : Humayun'8 exil... more »e. § 3. Akbar, 1556?1605 : founds the Moghul empire: Persian and Rajput. §4. Intermarriages: Rajput and Moghul. §5. Religious vagaries. §6. Popularity and publicity. § 7. Europeans and Christianity. § 8. Tartar camp life and chronicles. § 9. Lahore: sun worship. § 10. Death and character. § 11. JEHANGfR, 1605?1627, four sons : Deccan affairs. § 12. Mission of Sir Thomas Roe from James I. § 13. Court intrigues : Nur Mahal and Shah Jehan. § i. Three centuries after the death of Chenghiz Khan, 1526. a Moghul warrior named Bdber appeared in Central Asia and founded an empire in Northern India. By this time the Moghuls in Central Asia had become better-looking his and more refined than the nomad Tartars of the steppes. Mgnuls. They professed to be Mohammedans, but they were Moghuls at heart, and their government, laws, and institutions were Moghul rather than Mohammedan. They were tolerant of other religions. They did not invade India to convert the Hindus to Islam, but to rule the country as kings and conquerors. They married as many wives as they pleased without limiting themselves to four. Baber's life. Baber, 1526-1530. They indulged in wine and hogs' flesh, and were fond of pictures, all of which were forbidden by the Koran. The Moghuls have always been hostile to the Afghans. Bdber was a Moghul warrior, and throughout most of his life was fighting against the Afghans. He was born in 1482, and claimed descent from Timiir and Chenghiz Khan. At the age of twelve he inherited the kingdom of Khokand, on the river Jaxartes. At sixteen he conquered Bokhara, and reigned at Samarkand. At twenty-three he was driven t...« less