Akbar the Great
Akbar was the third and greatest Mughal Akbar the Great The full name of Akbar the Great is: Dynasty of Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar: Timurid; The Mughal ancestor: His Successor, Humayun: Jahangir's Ascension: 14 February 1556 Reign: Date of Birth: February 14, 1556–October 27, 1605 15 October 1542 Families: Religion of Humayun, the father, and Hamida Banu Begum, the mother: Sunnism (Islam); Spouse of Din-i-Ilahi: 36 chief wives and 3 chief consorts: Salima Sultan Begum, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, and Heera Kunwari Hassan, Hussain, Jahangir, Murad, Daniyal, Shakr-un-Nissa Begum, Aram Banu Begum, and Khanum Sultan Begum Biography: Akbarnama; Mausoleum of Ain-i-Akbari: Sikandra, Agra Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, more commonly referred to as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, following Humayun and Babur. He was Nasiruddin Humayun's son and was just 13 years old when he took over as emperor in 1556. He gradually expanded the Mughal Empire to encompass...