| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Babur | First one to make very serious inroads into India and establish a lasting rule |
| Humayun | son of Babur. intelligent but lazy. exiled for a portion of his rule because the Mughals were kicked out of Delhi. Came back but died the year her returned to power. |
| Akbar | son of Humayun. 14 when he came to power. attempted to rule in an enlightened and tolerant way. illiterate but very smart and widely respected. let the hindu people live. changed the tax policy and created the Mansabdor system. at the end created the "Divine Faith" |
| Raja Todar Mal | Akbar's finance minister |
| Bairam Khan | a regent appointed to Akbar when he was young. rules in place of the monarch. an absolute military genious |
| Mansabdor System | system of government officials that worked beneath akbar. were appointed by him and everything went back to the ruler after death. achieved 2 goals- efficient set of people to carry out policy because they owe everything to him, able to welcome in the hindus and please such a large group in India |
| Divine Faith | Kind of cult like belief that he was somehow a divine muslim emperor, Draws into question the prophecy, Meeting them halfway- they would rather have them believe that they have a semi-divine emperor rather than completely change religion, Easier to inspire the loyalty to all, unite them with political adherence or on an emotional level than force everyone to have the same religion |
| Jahangir | weak. "I only wanted a bottle of wine and a piece of meat to make merry," even though he is born to a monarch, he isn't really willing and ready to take on the rigors or rule. his wife was the real ruler. was addicted to opium |
| Nur Jahan | wife of Jahangir. controversial. spent a lot of money enriching her family. shrewd, intelligent. tough and made some good decisions |
| Shah Jahan | made the Taj Mahal for his wife. made the peacock throne- real throne for the Mughals but was plundered by the persians. his son usurped the throne from him |
| Aurangzeb | usurped throne from father and imprisoned him and killed his brother. not open to reforms about religion because he was a devout muslim in the traditional sense. literalist. reforms were geared to imposing islamic doctrine on india and less tolerant on the hindus. cracked down on morality issues. |
| Shiuaji | leader of the marathan opposition to the Mughals. sua raj-"self-rule" invaded when aurangzeb changed things |
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