Mughal Empire Flashcards by Saumya Srivastava

What have the mughal historian writing in English the mughal texts ?

Chronicles

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The name Mughal derives from

Mongol

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What did the mughals refer themselves on paternal and maternal sides?

Paternal : Timurid. Maternal : Genghis Khan

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Where did Humayun take refuge after losing against sher shah Sur

Safavid ruler of Iran

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Which mughal emperor was a great poet?

Babur

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What was their mother tongue?

Turkish

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Urdu is a composure language formed by the amalgamation of?

Persian ans hindavi

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Language of Akbar Nama

Persian

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What was babur nama originally written in

Turkish. Trnsl: persian

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Translated version of Mahabharata is called

Razmnama

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What is a kitabkhana

Scriptorium

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Akbar’s favourite calligraphy style and who wrote it ?

Nastaliq by Muhd. Husayn

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How did Abu’l Fazl describe painting

“Magical art”

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Name two painters brought from Iran

Mir Sayyid Ali & Abdus Samad

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Who killed Abu’l Fazl ?

Bir Singh Bundela on the orders of Prince Salim

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Name the three volumes of Akbar Nama

1 vol : Adam to Akbar; 2 vol : 46th year of Akbar as the king; Ain-i-Akbari

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Who wrote Badshah Nama ?

Abdul Hamid Lahori

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What are the volumes of Badshah Nama called?

Daftars

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Who revised Badshah Nama?

Sadullah Khan (first 2) (wazir of Shah Jahan)

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Who estb Asiatic Society of Bengal ?

Sir William Jones in 1784

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Who translated Akbar Nama ?

Henry Beveridge

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From where does Suhrawardi’s philosophy originate?

Plato’s Republic

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Who studied Suhrawardi’s philosophy about the Divine Light ?

Shaikh Mubarak

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How did Mughal artists symbolize the divine light of God in their paintings of kings ?

Halo

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What visual element did Mughal artists adopt from European paintings of Christ and the Virgin Mary?

Halo

Who painted the image of Jahangir holding a portrait of his father Akbar?

Abu'l Hasan

What color is associated with Akbar in the painting, representing the enlightened soul?

White

What symbol does Akbar hold in the painting, representing dynastic authority?

Globe

What ideal does Abu'l Fazl describe as the cornerstone of enlightened rule?

Sulh-i-kul

What tax did Akbar abolish in 1563?

Pilgrimage

What other tax was abolished in 1564 by Akbar?

Jizya

What was re-imposed on non-Muslim subjects during Aurangzeb's reign?

Jizya

What was the emperor supposed to protect of his subjects ?

Life (jan), property (mal), honour (namus), faith (din)

Where was the heart of Mughal Empire ?

Capital City

What was the Bulanda Darwaza supposed to potray?

To remind visitors of the Mughal victory in Gujarat

When did Akbar transfer the capital to Lahore ?

1585

Who transfered the capital to Shahjahanbad ?

Shah Jahan

What was the centerpiece of the court?

Takht

Who were mimars

Architects

What did Mughal emperors adopt at the time of coronation or after a victory over an enemy?

Titles

What title did Aurangzeb accord to his two highest-ranking nobles, Jai Singh and Jaswant Singh?

Mirza Raja

What is the robe of honor called in Mughal tradition?

Philately

What did the sarapa ("head to foot") consist of in Mughal tradition?

Tunic

What type of gift could never be given empty-handed to the emperor?

Nazr

Who was the person disappointed by the return of his gift because it was only worth 400 rupees?

Roe

What played imp roles in elevating women to the status of legally wedded wives ?

Love & motherhood

What Mughal princess designed the bazaar of Chandni Chowk?

Jahanara

Who wrote the Humayun Nama that gives a glimpse into the domestic world of the Mughals?

Gulabadan begum

What important aspect of the Mughal state was the corps of officers collectively known as?

Nobility

Which Rajput chief was the first to join the Mughal Imperial service in 1560?

Bharmal

Who was Akbar's finance minister who belonged to the Khatri caste?

Todar Mal

Which numerical designation in the mansab system indicated position in the imperial hierarchy and the salary of the official?

Zat

Who was the paymaster general standing on the right of the emperor in open court?

Mir Bakhshi

What is the name of the minister of grants and focal judges?

Sadr-us sudur

What body of court writers recorded all applications and documents presented to the court?

Waqia Nawis

What are the foot-runners who carried papers in bamboo containers known as?

Qasid

___ was a petition presented by a nobleman to the emperor, recommending that an applicant be recruited as mansabdar

Tajwiz

What was the finance minister called?

Diwan-i-ala

What was the heading under which agents recorded proceedings of the court, including date and time of court sessions?

Akhbarat-i Darbar-i Mualla

Qasid was also called

Pathmar

What did the akhbarat contain information about besides the grant of offices and titles?

Attendance

How did important official documents and news reports travel across Mughal regions?

Post

What is the title of the head of the provincial administration in the Mughal Empire?

Subadar

What three semi-hereditary officers managed local administration at the level of the pargana?

Qanungo

The chatge of revenue collection

Chaudhari

What districts were provinces (subas) divided into, often overlapping with the jurisdiction of faujdars?

Sarkars

What general title means "King of Kings" and was assumed by Mughal emperors?

Shehanshah

What specific title, meaning "World-Seizer," was assumed by individual Mughal kings upon ascending the throne?

Jahangir

What specific title, meaning "King of the World," was assumed by individual Mughal kings upon ascending the throne?

Shah Jahan

What mountains defined the frontier separating Afghanistan from Iran and Central Asia?

Hindukush

What strategic outposts were controlled by the Mughals to ward off potential dangers from the frontier?

Kabul

What fortress-town was a bone of contention between the Safavids and the Mughals?

Qandahar

Who reconquered Qandahar in 1595?

Akbar

What Mughal emperor sent a diplomatic envoy to the court of Shah Abbas in 1613?

Jahangir

What Persian army besieged Qandahar in the winter of 1622?

Safavids

What region under Ottoman control contained the important pilgrim centers of Mecca and Medina?

Hijaz

Which Mughal emperor favored distributing proceeds in India instead of Arabia?

Aurangzeb

What are the earliest impressions of the Mughal court recorded by European writers?

Jesuit

Which emperor invited Jesuit priests to the Mughal court?

Akbar

Where did the first Jesuit mission reach the Mughal court in 1580?

Fatehpur Sikri

What are the names of two Red Sea ports where the Mughal emperor exported merchandise?

Aden & Mokha

Where did two additional Jesuit missions arrive at the Mughal court in 1591 and 1595?

Lahore

Who wrote Muntakhab-ut Tawarikh?

Abdul Qadir Badauni

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