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Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire
The Mughal dynasty (Persian: دودمان مغل; Dudmân-e Mughal) was an Indian imperial dynasty,[1][2][3][4] which comprised the members of the imperial House of Babur (Persian: خاندانِ آلِ بابُر; Khāndān-e-Āl-e-Bābur), also known as the Gurkanis (Persian: گورکانیان; Gūrkāniyān).[5] They ruled the Mughal Empire from c. 1526 to 1857.
The Mughal dynasty is generally divided into the following:
↑Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. p. 198. The Mughals were an Indian Islamic dynasty which ruled most of northern India (including the area of present-day Pakistan) from the beginning of the six- teenth to the mid-eighteenth century.
↑The Limits of Universal Rule Eurasian Empires Compared. p. 276. From the time of Akbar, who resurrected the Mughal polity, to the last formidable Mughal ruler Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Mughal preoccupation with the Deccan was the single most important sign of the fact that these Timurids had become an Indian dynasty.{{cite book}}: line feed character in |title= at position 29 (help)
↑Lorentz, John. The A to Z of Iran. p. 283. As the 17th century unfolded, the Safavid rulers not only had the Ottomans to contend with, but also the new Russian Mus- covy that had deposed of the Golden Horde and expanded to Safavid borders, as well as the Indian Mughal Dynasty that had expanded through Afghanistan and into Iranian territory.
