Ruler · 1542 – 1605

Akbar

Lived 1542 – 1605; monarch. Mughal emperor of Mughal Empire, 1556 – 1605.

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Lived: 1542 – 1605; 63 years
In office: 49 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mughal Empire
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Mughal emperor

Mughal Empire · the 4th of 22 dated reigns · 1526 – 1857

Babur1526 – 1531

Humayun1531 – 1540

Humayun1555 – 1556

Akbar1556 – 1605

Jahangir I1605 – 1627

Shah Jahan1628 – 1658

Aurangzeb1658 – 1707

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1556 – 1605 · 49 years · came to it aged 14

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; dysentery

Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent.

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