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LURE - THRU THE AGES

* Raja of Amarkot (Humayun) * Shah Tahmasp of Persia (Humayun) * Raja Biham Mai of Amber (Akbar) * Rajputs (Akbar) * Mirza Ghiyas Beg, father of Nur Jehan (Jehangir) * Asaf Khan, brother of Nur Jehan (Jehangir and Shahjehan) * English East India Company (Jehangir). Foes of Mughals * Ibrahim Lodi (Babur) * Rana Sanga, the Rajput King (Babur) * Bahadur Shah, Sultan of Gujarat (Hu- mayun) * Sher Shah Suri, the Afghan (Humayun) * Himu, Prime Minister of Bengal (Hu- mayun) * Rajput kingdom of Mewar (Akbar) Weakness * The religious policy of Aurangzeb caused the downfall of the Mughal empire. He alienated the sympathy and support of all non-Muslims by committing all kinds of atrocities on them. He carried out a sys- tematic demolition of the Hindu temples and tried to forcibly convert Hindus into Muslims. * The later Mughal kings became very ease loving and lovers of pleasure. Most of them were involved with their harem and had no time for the affairs of state. This hastened the fall of the Mughal dynasty. * Emperor Jehangir was a hard drinker. Emperor Shah Jehan, after the death of his queen in 1631, spent the remaining years of his reign in gross licentiousness. * Portuguese (Shah Jehan) * Marathas (Aurangzeb) * Sikhs (Aurangzeb) * Rajputs (Aurangzeb).

man, he had assiduously cultivated learning, self-knowledge, self-reverence and self-con- trol. He was extremely industrious, methodi- cal and disciplined in habits and thought. He treated all non-Muslims as inferior people. He was suspicious by nature. Be- sides killing his brothers, he imprisoned his three sons. His daughter committed suicide in prison.

Before his death Aurangzeb is said to have left a will partitioning his vast empire among his three surviving sons. The eldest, Muham- mad Mu'azzam who emerged successful in the war of succession after killing his two brothers, was sixty-four years old when he gained the throne. Friends of Mughals * Daulat Khan Lodi, governor of Punjab (Babur)

Raja Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri

Built in 1572, the plan of the building is unique. It provides two semi-detached and yet entirely separate suites of rooms. Built in redstone, the general composition, with its play of light and shade, makes it one of the most attractive architectural features of the city.