The Mughal Emperors (or Moghul) built and ruled the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent. The Mughals began to rule parts of India from 1526. Till 1700, they ruled most of the sub-continent. After that, they declined rapidly and ruled till the 1850s.
The Mughals were a branch of the Timurid dynasty of Turco-Mongol origin from Central Asia. Babur founded the Mughal dynasty. Babur was a direct descendant of Timur (Tamerlane, as known in western nations) and also related to Genghis Khan.
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List of the Mughal Emperors
Bābur
- Birth Name: Zahir-ud-din Muhammad
- Birth: 14 February 1483 Andijan, Uzbekistan
- Reign: 20 April 1526 – 26 December 1530
- Death: 26 December 1530 (aged 47) Agra, India
Humayun
- Birth Name: Nasir-ud-din Muhammad Humayun
- Birth: 6 March 1508 Kabul, Afghanistan
- Reign: 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540 and 22 February 1555 – 27 January 1556
- Death: 27 January 1556 (aged 47) Delhi, India
Akbar-i-Azam
- Birth Name: Jalal-ud-din Muhammad
- Birth: 15 October 1542 Umerkot, Pakistan
- Reign: 11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605
- Death: 27 October 1605 (aged 63) Agra, India
Jahangir
- Birth Name: Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
- Birth: 31 August 1569 Agra, India
- Reign: 3 November 1605 – 28 October 1627
- Death: 28 October 1627 (aged 58) Jammu and Kashmir, India
Shah-Jahan
- Birth Name: Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram
- Birth: 5 January 1592 Lahore, Pakistan
- Reign: 19 January 1628 – 31 July 1658
- Death: 22 January 1666 (aged 74) Agra, India
Alamgir I
- Birth Name: Muhy-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb
- Birth: 4 November 1618 Gujarat, India
- Reign: 31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707
- Death: 3 March 1707 (aged 88) Ahmednagar, India
Bahadur Shah
- Birth Name: Qutb-ud-Din Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah Alam
- Birth: 14 October 1643 Burhanpur, India
- Reign: 19 June 1707 – 27 February 1712
- Death: 27 February 1712 (aged 68) Lahore, Pakistan
Jahandar Shah
- Birth Name: Mu’izz-ud-Din Jahandar Shah Bahadur
- Birth: 9 May 1661 Deccan, India
- Reign: 27 February 1712 – 11 February 1713
- Death: 12 February 1713 (aged 51) Delhi, India
Farrukhsiyar
- Birth Name: Farrukhsiyar
- Birth: 20 August 1685 Aurangabad, India
- Reign: 11 January 1713 – 28 February 1719
- Death: 19 April 1719 (aged 33) Delhi, India
Rafi ud-Darajat
- Birth Name: Rafi ud-Darajat
- Birth: 1 December 1699
- Reign: 28 February – 6 June 1719
- Death: 6 June 1719 (aged 19) Agra, India
Shah Jahan II
- Birth Name: Rafi ud-Daulah
- Birth: June 1696
- Reign: 6 June 1719 – 17 September 1719
- Death: 18 September 1719 (aged 23) Agra, India
Muhammad Shah
- Birth Name: Roshan Akhtar Bahadur
- Birth: 7 August 1702 Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Reign: 27 September 1719 – 26 April 1748
- Death: 26 April 1748 (aged 45) Delhi, India
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
- Birth Name: Ahmad Shah Bahadur
- Birth: 23 December 1725 Delhi, India
- Reign: 29 April 1748 – 2 June 1754
- Death: 1 January 1775 (aged 49) Delhi, India
Alamgir II
- Birth Name: Aziz-ud-din
- Birth: 6 June 1699 Burhanpur, India
- Reign: 3 June 1754 – 29 November 1759
- Death: 29 November 1759 (aged 60) Kotla Fateh Shah, India
Shah Jahan III
- Birth Name: Muhi-ul-millat
- Birth: 1711
- Reign: 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760
- Death: 1772 (aged 60–61)
Shah Alam II
- Birth Name: Ali Gauhar
- Birth: 25 June 1728 Delhi, India
- Reign: 10 October 1760 – 19 November 1806
- Death: 19 November 1806 (aged 78) Delhi, India
Akbar Shah II
- Birth Name: Mirza Akbar
- Birth: 22 April 1760 Mukundpur, India
- Reign: 19 November 1806 – 28 September 1837
- Death: 28 September 1837 (aged 77) Delhi, India
Bahadur Shah II
- Birth Name:Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Birth: 24 October 1775 Delhi, India
- Reign: 28 September 1837 – 21 September 1857
- Death: 7 November 1862 (aged 87) Yangon, Myanmar
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