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    Akbar's tomb is the mausoleum of the third and greatest Mughal emperor Akbar. The tomb was built in 1605–1613 by his son, Jahangir and is situated on 119...
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    Emperor Akbar. The tomb was built by her son Jahangir, in her memory between years 1623–1627 and is located in Sikandra, next to the Akbar's tomb, in the...
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  • The Raid on Akbar's tomb occurred in 1688 by dragging out the bones of Akbar, by throwing them angrily into the fire and burnt them after a Jat army attacked...
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    from red sandstone with marble decorations, as in Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and Akbar's tomb in Sikandra – to its second phase, based on white marble and...
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    to the Etawah Safari Park. Next to Akbar's tomb, stands the Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani, the favourite wife of Akbar. Agra also has several other places...
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  • the original on 29 October 2003. Akbar's Tomb Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Archnet.org. Akbar's Tomb Architecture of Mughal India, Part...
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    Akbari architecture (category Akbar)
    buildings reflected Akbar's design and architectural philosophy. This is the "Akbari" style of architecture For example, Akbar's tomb, though Islamic in...
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    architect Afzal Ali. Jali decorative work at the Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar's Tomb at Agra, India, uses red sandstone and white marble...
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    months later, Humayun died. Akbar's guardian, Bairam Khan, concealed his death to prepare for Akbar's succession. Akbar succeeded Humayun on 14 February...
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    Mausoleum and tombs in India inscribed with Persian Inscriptions. Mausoleum of Akbar or Akbar's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal emperor Akbar. This tomb is an...
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    Moinuddin Chisti's shrine in hopes of sons by making his own pilgrimage to Akbar's tomb in Sikandra." Ahmad, Aziz (1964). Studies of Islamic culture in the Indian...
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    Mausoleum (redirect from Tomb site)
    China Akbar's tomb at Agra, India Taj Mahal at Agra, India Qutb Shahi Tombs at Hyderabad, India Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur, India Humayun's Tomb at Delhi...
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    Adham Khan's Tomb is the 16th-century tomb of Adham Khan, a general of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was the younger son of Maham Anga, Akbar's wet nurse...
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  • Yamuna river. To avenge the death of Gokula, Rajaram destroyed Akbar's tomb and dragged Akbar's bones and burned them with the help of the Jat Zamindars of...
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    Mariam-uz-Zamani (category Wives of Akbar)
    distinguished rank as Akbar's wife as a title with an identical name, 'Mariam Makani' was bestowed over Akbar's mother by Akbar. According to Edmund Smith...
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    Fatehpur Sikri (category Akbar)
    this place. Akbar's son, Jahangir, was born in the village of Sikri to his favourite wife Mariam-uz-Zamani in 1569, and, in that year, Akbar began construction...
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  • Sikandra may refer to: Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, the location of Akbar's tomb Sikandara, a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar...
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    demands, but shifts also occurred for ideological reasons (for example, Akbar's establishment of Fatehpur Sikri), or even simply because the cost of establishing...
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    Humayun's tomb (Persian: Maqbara-i Humayun) is the tomb of Mughal emperor, Mirza Nasir al-Din Muhammad commonly known as Humayun situated in Delhi, India...
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    to the Mughal camp. Bairam Khan asked the 13-year-old Akbar to behead Hemu. According to Akbar's later courtier Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, he refused to take...
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  • daughter of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar. Born on 22 December 1584, Aram Banu Begum was the youngest daughter of Akbar and Bibi Daulat Shad. She also had...
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    Salim Chisti, who foretold the birth of Akbar's son (named Prince Salim after Salim Chisti), who succeeded Akbar to the throne of the Mughal Empire. Along...
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  • younger full sister named Aram Banu Begum. Shakr-un-Nissa was brought up in Akbar's care and turned out to be very well, good-natured, and innately compassionate...
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  • splendid salary in the service of Emperor Akbar. His younger brother Mirza Rustam, also immigrated to India in Akbar's reign and rose to eminence under Jahangir...
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  • Isa Khan Niazi (redirect from Isan KahnTomb)
    attached to a tomb. This concept was later developed at Akbar’s Tomb and at the Taj Mahal. At the edge of the complex, across from the tomb, lies a mosque...
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    Jahangir (category Akbar)
    was the third and only surviving son of Emperor Akbar and his chief empress, Mariam-uz-Zamani. Akbar's quest for a successor took him to visit the Hazrat...
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  • household organization of social functions and the maintenance of her husband's tomb, until her death. After Humayun's return from Chunar, Maham Begam, gave a...
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    Bibi Ka Maqbara (category Mughal tombs)
    The Bibi Ka Maqbara (English: "Tomb of the Lady") is a tomb located in the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was commissioned in...
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    Taj Mahal (category Mughal tombs)
    (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare...
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     18:"Akbar's siege of Chittor, the gallant Rajput resistance led by Jaimal and Patta, the subsequent Jauhar on the part of the Rajputs and Akbar's conquest...
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