Akbar

IndiaMughal1556-1605

RealmIndia

Reign1556-1605

HouseMughal

LegacyGreat Mughal, tolerance, administration

Biography

Babur grandson, crowned at 13 after Panipat II, Akbar tripled the empire. He abolished the jizya, married Rajput princesses, Din-i Ilahi syncretism attempt, sulh kul, peace with all. The Mansabdari rank system governed, land revenue Todar Mal measured. Navratna nine jewels court, Birbal tales. Illiterate yet read to nightly, the greatest Mughal left a template his successors exhausted.

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