Before being known as Prayagraj, the city had two major historical names: Prayag and Allahabad. These names reflect the ...

Did you know that Emperor Akbar — the most powerful Muslim ruler in India’s history — gradually stopped offering Islamic prayers, rejected many traditional rituals, and eventually crafted a ...

The gripping stories of Mughal emperor Akbar and his loyalty-bound courtier Birbal, have fascinated children for generations. We present you with a collection of the best Akbar and Birbal stories ...

Formally named Abul Fath Jalal-ud-din Akbar, Akbar the Great was the third emperor of the Mughal Empire. Born in 1542 in Umerkot, in what is now Pakistan’s Sindh province, he is remembered for ...

These were Raja Man Singh, who was Akbar’s nephew by marriage, and Mirza Aziz Koka whose mother had breast-fed Akbar. There were numerous other ways the Emperor would make or reinforce bonds.

Mir Sayyid Ali painted this tiny — but hugely celebrated — Mughal work at the court of Emperor Akbar I. Hover to Zoom. Mir Sayyid Ali (b. 1510). Self-Portrait of Mir Sayyid Ali, 1555-1556.

In 1576 the Mughal emperor Akbar accepted his Aunt Gulbadan’s proposal that she should make the long voyage across the Red Sea to western Arabia. A visit of the haraman—or royal women—to the ...