Nur Jahan was the only female ruler in the Mughal dynasty Empress Nur Jahan was the most powerful woman in 17th Century India. She played an unprecedented role in running the vast Mughal empire.

India is a treasure trove of architectural marvels, and among the most iconic are the Mughal monuments that dot ... including the Buland Darwaza, the Jama Masjid, and the Panch Mahal, showcasing ...

The turban worn by Sikh men is the most visible manifestation ... were constructed during the reign of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Jama Masjid was designed by the architect Ustad ...

he was chased by his father’s men through different provinces before he escaped to Iran where he died in 1704. Aurangzeb also spent much of his reign waging wars to grow the Mughal Empire.

While there is not enough evidence for all historians to be sure of this we do know that by 1526, Babur had travelled south with his men and taken control of Delhi – founding the Mughal Empire.

For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian ...

"Mughal women were used to a peripatetic lifestyle," says Lal. "They were constantly migrating to new places or living in temporary camps as they travelled with their men to wars." This itinerant ...

gouache heightened with gold on paper, multiple narrow borders with gilt floral and foliate motifs, the inner border with Persian verses in black nasta'liq script on reserved ground in illuminated ...

The Delhi High Court has criticised the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for failing to present a 2004 file regarding then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision not to declare New Delhi's ...

It said although the Mughal-era Jama Masjid is currently under the protection and guardianship of Delhi Waqf Board, ASI has been undertaking conservation and preservation work there.

Todd Plummer is a travel and style writer from Boston with over ten years of experience. He has visited seven continents and over seventy countries on assignment.

A 2021 JAMA study revealed that Black men had a larger increase in suicide attempts than any other racial group. It also found that suicide rates in Black male adolescents increased by 47% from ...