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Certain important particulars regarding the Mughal emperors is tabulated below:

 
     
  

 

Zaheeruddin Dec
Feb 23, 1526±
Muhammad 26, Founder of the Mughal Dynasty.
1483 1530
i
 1530

Reign interrupted by Suri Dynasty. Youth and

Nasiruddin
Mar 6, 1530± Jan inexperience at ascension led to his being
Muhammad
1508 1540 1556 regarded as a less effective ruler than usurper,
 
Sher Shah Suri.

1540± May
Sher Shah Suri 1472 Deposed Humayun and led the Suri Dynasty.
1545 1545

2nd and last ruler of the Suri Dynasty, claims

1545±
Islam Shah Suri c.1500 1554 of sons Sikandar and Adil Shah were
1554
eliminated by Humayun's restoration.

Nasiruddin Restored rule was more unified and effective

Mar 6, 1555± Jan
Muhammad than initial reign of 1530±1540; left unified
1508 1556 1556
  empire for his son, Akbar.

Akbar greatly expanded the Empire and is

regarded as the most illustrious ruler of the
Jalaluddin Oct Mughal Dynasty as he set up the empire's
Nov 14, 1556±
Muhammad 27, various institutions; he married Mariam-uz-
1542 1605

 1605 Zamani, a Rajput princess. One of his most
famous construction marvels was the Lahore
Fort.

Jahangir set the precedent for sons rebelling

Nooruddin against their emperor fathers. Opened first
1605±
Muhammad Oct 1569 1627 relations with the British East India Company.
1627 Reportedly was an alcoholic, and his wife

  
Empress Noor Jahan became the real power
behind the throne and competently ruled in his
 place.

Under him, Mughal art and architecture

Shahaabuddin reached their zenith; constructed the Taj Mahal,
Jan 5, 1627±
Muhammad 1666 Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Jahangir mausoleum,
1592 1658
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  and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore. Deposed and
imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb.

He reinterpreted Islamic law and presented the

Fatawa-e-Alamgiri; he captured the diamond
mines of the Sultanate of Golconda; he spent
Mohiuddin more than 20 years of his life defeating major
Muhammad Oct 21, 1658± Mar 3, rebel factions in India; his conquests expanded
 
1618 1707 1707 the empire to its greatest extent; the over-
Alamgir stretched empire was controlled by Nawabs,
and faced challenges after his death. He made
two copies of the Qur'an using his own
calligraphy.

First of the Mughal emperors to preside over a

steady and severe decline in the territories
Oct 14, 1707± Feb under the empire's control and military power
Bahadur Shah I
1643 1712 1712 due to the rising strength of the autonomous
Nawabs. After his reign, the emperor became a
progressively insignificant figurehead.

1712± Feb He was highly influenced by his Grand Vizier

Jahandar Shah 1664
1713 1713 Zulfikar Khan.

In 1717 he granted a firman to the English East

1713± India Company granting them duty free trading
Furrukhsiyar 1683 1719
1719 rights for Bengal and confirmed their position
in India.

Rafi Ul-Darjat Unknown 1719 1719

Rafi Ud-Daulat
a.k.a Shah Jahan Unknown 1719 1719
II

Nikusiyar Unknown 1719 1743

Muhammad
Unknown 1720 1744
Ibrahim

1719±
Muhammad 1720, Suffered the invasion of Nadir-Shah of Persia
1702 1748
Shah 1720± in 1739.
1748

Ahmad Shah Mughal forces massacred by the Maratha

1725 1748±54 1754
Bahadur during the Battle of Sikandarabad;

1754±
Alamgir II 1699 1759
1759

consolidation of the Nizam of Bengal, Bihar,

Shah Jahan III Unknown In 1759 1770s and Orissa, during the Battle of Buxar. Hyder
Ali becomes Nawab of Mysore in 1761;

Ahmed-Shah-Abdali in 1761 defeated the

1759±
Shah Alam II 1728 1806 Marathas during the Third Battle of Panipat;
1806
The fall of Tipu Sultan of Mysore in 1799;

1806±
Akbar Shah II 1760 1837 Titular figurehead under British protection
1837

The last Mughal emperor was deposed by the

Bahadur Shah 1837±
1775 1862 British and exiled to Burma following the
Zafar 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857.