Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
London 1895.
The Tarick-I-Rashidi; A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia.
3 genealogical tables (2 folding), folding map in pocket. pp. xxiv, 535. 8vo.
An English version, edited with commentary, notes and map by Ney Elias. The translation by E. Denison Ross.
The Mughal Empire, or Mogul Empire in former English usage, was an Indian-Islamic imperial power that ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of Hindustan (South Asia) by the late 17th and early 18th centuries by forming alliance with Indian Maharaja, and ended in the mid-19th century.
The Mughal Emperors were descendants of the Timurids, and at the height of their power around 1700, they controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent — extending from Bengal in the east to Balochistan in the west, Kashmir in the north to the Kaveri basin in the south. Its population at that time has been estimated as between 110 and 130 million, over a territory of over 4 million km2 (1.5 million square miles).
The “classic period” of the Empire started in 1556 with the accession of Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, better known as Akbar the Great. It ended with the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, although the Empire continued for another 150 years. During this period, the Empire was marked by a highly centralized administration connecting the different regions.
All the significant monuments of the Mughals, their most visible legacy, date to this period which was characterised by the expansion of Persian cultural influence in the Indian subcontinent, with brilliant literary, artistic and architectural results.
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