HIST 386 Final - Mughal Empire People

Babur

founder of Mughal Empire, descendant of Genghis Khan

Akbar

consolidated Mughal rule, added Rajasthan, Muwan, Bengal, Punjab. Promotes religious tolerance

Jahangir

worldly, drunk, sadist, wanted to maintain persian sophistication

Shah Jahan

persecutes Hindus

Aurangzeb

Sunni, adds Southern India, religiously intolerant, kills 9th Sikh Guru, tensions with 10th Sikh Guru

Marquis Dupleix

French commander, seized Madras from British in 1740s

Siraj ud Daulah

Nawab of Bengal, attacked Calcutta in 1756

Robert Clive

significant British military commander who takes Calcutta back, leads British in fight against Mughal empire

Mir Jafar

elderly general who pays off Clive to become Nawab of Bengal

Mir Qasim

pays off British to become Nawab, collaborates with Shah Alam II and Shuja ud Daulah to push back British

Hyder Ali

leader of the new state of Mysore, allied with French

Tipu Sultan

Leader of Mysore, allied with French to fight off the British

Shah Alam II

ruler of Mughal empire, displaced from Delhi, became puppet of British by 1780s

Shuja ud Daulah

Nawab of Awadh, remains independent, protects Shah Alam, joins forces with Mir Qasim and Shah Alam II