Muslim history involves the history of the Islamic faith as a religion and as a social institution. The history of Islam began in Arabia with the Islamic prophet Muhammad's first recitations of the Qu ...
The Ain-i-Akbari (Persian: ????? ??????) or the "Constitution of Akbar", is a 16th-century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar's empire, written by his vizier, ...
AstronomyWhile there appears to have been little concern for theoretical astronomy, Mughal astronomers continued to make advances in observational astronomy and produced nearly a hundred Zij treatises ...
Main article: Mughal emperorsEmperor Birth Reign Period Death NotesBabur Feb 23, 1483 1526–1530 Dec 26, 1530 Was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through Timur and was the founder of the Mughal Em ...
Contemporaries referred to the empire founded by Babur as the Timurid empire, which reflected the heritage of his dynasty, and was the term preferred by the Mughals themselves. Another name was Hindus ...
Akbar was deeply interested in religious and philosophical matters. An orthodox Muslim at the outset, he later came to be influenced by Sufi mysticism that was being preached in the country at that ti ...
At the time of Akbar's ascension in 1556, the Portuguese had established several fortresses and factories on the western coast of the subcontinent, and largely controlled navigation and sea-trade in t ...
Early years and nameAkbar was born on 14 October 1542 (the fourth day of Rajab, 949 AH), at the Rajput Fortress of Umerkot in Sindh (in modern day Pakistan), where Emperor Humayun and his recently wed ...
The word entered into English in 1562 from the Turkish vezir ("counselor"), derived from the Arabic wazir ("viceroy"). Wazir itself has two possible etymologies:The most accepted etymology is that it ...
Abul Fazl's ancestors hailed from Yemen. He was a descendant of Shaikh Musa who lived in Rel near Siwistan (Sehwan), Sindh, until the close of the 15th century. His grandfather, Shaikh Khizr, moved to ...
Sangam literature Sangam literature deals with emotional and material topics such as love, war, governance, trade and bereavement. Much of the Tamil literature believed to have been composed in the Sa ...
Tamil Nadu has a transportation system that connects all parts of the state. Tamil Nadu is served by an extensive road network, providing links between urban centres, agricultural market-places and ru ...
Tamils have a large number of folk dances. These are performed for every possible occasion, to celebrate the arrival of seasons, birth of a child, weddings and festivals. Tamil dance is closely intert ...
Tamil Nadu has a wide range of Biomes extending east from the South Western Ghats montane rain forests in the Western Ghats through the South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests and Deccan thorn scru ...
Main article: History of Tamil NaduPrehistory Archaeological evidence points to this area being one of the longest continuous habitations in Indian peninsula. In Adichanallur, 24 km (15 mi) from Tirun ...
