the-mughal-empire-ppt

the-mughal-empire-ppt

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  PPT ON HISTORYCHAPTER 4 THE MUGHAL EMPIRE • EXPLANATION READING MATERIAL
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  4 THE MUGHAL EMPIRE CHAPTER-4 focus on collection of revenue.
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  INTRODUCTION OF THECHAPTER • Today the prime minister of India address the nation on independence day from ramparts of the red fort in Delhi, the residence of the Mughal emperors. • Latter half of the sixteenth century they expanded their kingdom from Agra and Delhi until the seventeenth century they controlled nearly all of the subcontinent.
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  MUGHAL MILITARY CAMPAIGNS Inthe year 1526, the first Mughal Emperor, Babur, defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the Battle of Panipat and went on to capture Delhi. In 1555, Delhi was captured back by Humayun. The role of Akbar is significant in the popularity of the Mughal Dynasty
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  THE MUGHAL RULERS
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  MILITARY CAMPAIGNS UNDER AKBARAND AURANGZEB
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  Relations With OtherRulers • Many Indian rulers started accepting Mughal supremacy, and the Mughals campaigned and fought against rulers who did not obey them. The Rajputs married their daughters into Mughal families to get high positions in the Mughal Empire.
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  ZABT AND ZAMINDAR Zabtmeans to take control over the land of others. Zamindars are those who used to collect the taxes from the farmers. The main source of income of the Mughal Empire was tax on farm produce, and peasants paid taxes to headmen or local chieftains.
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  AKBAR NAMA ANDAIN-I-AKBARI Akbar ordered one of his close friends andcourtiers, Abul Fazl, to write a history of his reign. Abul FazI wrote a three-volume history of Akbar's reign, titled Akbar Nama. The first volume dealt with Akbar's ancestors and the second volume recorded the events of Akbar's reign. The third volume is the Ain-i Akbari. It deals with Akbar's administration, household, arrny, the revenues and the geography of his empire. It also provides rich details about the traditions and culture of the people living in India. The most interesting aspect about the Ain-i Akbari is its rich statistical details about things as diverse
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  A closer look- Akbar's policies The subadar was supported by 'other officers' for the maintenance of peace and order. The 'other officers' included: The military paymaster: bakhshi. The minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage: sadr.
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  Sulh-i kul isan Arabic term literally meaning “peace with all,” “universal peace,” or “absolute peace,” drawn from a Sufi mystic principle. ... Akbar took the Sufi mystic notion of sulh-i-kul and transformed it to become a principle denoting amity- within a culturally pluralistic India.
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  The Mughal Empirein the Seventeenth Century and After The administrative and military efficiency of the Mughal Empire led to great economic and commercial prosperity. International travellers described it as the fabled land of wealth. But these same visitors were also appalled at the state of poverty that existed side by side with the greatest opulence. The inequalities were glaring. Documents from the twentieth year of Shah Jahan’s reign inform us that the highest-ranking mansabdars were only 445 in number out of a total of 8,000. This small number – a mere 5.6 per cent of the total number of mansabdars – received 61.5 per cent of the total estimated revenue of the empire as salaries for themselves and their troopers.