The Mughal Empire was a Mongolian empire ruled by a man named Babur. Babur was only able to rule for four years until his death. Babur's son Humayun continued his legacy and was able to succeed his father, but is was Humayun’s son Akbar who lead the Mughal Empire to its greatest period. He was able to kill most of the threats to his empire even forming alliances with some of the Empire's enemies. The rulers that came after the other two were able to lead India into more power and wealth. But Aurangzeb(Akbar’s great grandson) who destroyed the empire. He went to war with his brother until he defeated him, then threw his father into prison. During Aurangzeb’s late reign he turned to domestic affairs, where he then persecuted Hindus and sikhs. …show more content…
Akbar was one of the greatest leader of the Mughal Empire, he made every choice with good intent. Like when Akbar made alliances with enemies, to make his Empire stronger. Akbar was able to defeat any enemy that posed a threat to his empire, even sparing some of their lives making alliances, which made his empire stronger. Akbar was kind to his people, making discussion and let those who practiced other religions like Muslims, Hindus, Parsis, and Christians practice their religion. Akbar earned the respect and trust of his people by lifting the band that made it so Hindus could not build their temples and other great thing like marrying a Hindu princess and not making her practice muslim faiths. Akbar even forgave his son, who betrayed him and tried to take the throne while Akbar was away. Akbar was able expand the size of the Mughal Empire, he was able to build a strong central government, and Akbar was able to promote religious tolerance before he died in …show more content…
Akbar was kind cared for his people didn’t matter if they had different thoughts or followed a different religion, all Akbar wanted to do is gain his people’s trust. Aurangzeb in the other hand was ruthless didn’t care about other people's religion if it wasn’t his he’d hate. Both Men were good ruler but Akbar’s reign was the golden age of the Mughal Empire while Aurangzeb’s reign was the destruction of the Mughal Empire. Akbar’s people loved him he even forgave his son who betrayed him and tried to take his son. Aurangzeb threw his father in prison and fought his brother for the throne of the Mughal Empire. In conclusion Akbar was a better ruler than
It is not often that Amir’s love for Baba is returned. Baba feels guilty treating Amir well when he can’t acknowledge Hassan as his son. Baba discriminates against his son Amir by constantly making him feel weak and unworthy of his father. Baba once said to Rahim Kahn, “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son” (Hosseini 23). Amir doesn’t feel like a son towards Baba since he seems like such a weakling. This neglect towards Amir causes him to feel a need to be accepted by Baba to end the constant discrimination from his father and he will do anything for it. “I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” (Hosseini 77). Amir did not stop the rape of his good friend for one sole purpose. Amir felt that he had to betray his own half-brother to gain th...
Akbar was considered the best of the Mughal rulers partly because of his tolerance of all religions. Akbar did his best to unify the Hindus and Muslims by giving both religions positions in the government. Traditionally, only Muslims would could be rulers zamindars while most of the population was Hindu. Akbar also married women of both religions, as an attempt to unify Hindus and Muslims. Akbar himself was interested in religions, inviting different people to discuss other religions with him. Akbar's greatest impact in trying to unite the Hindus and Muslims was creating the Divine Faith religion, but most people did not convert. When Akbar died, the following rulers did not support the same religious tolerance policy that he had. Aurangzeb tried to rid the empire of all Hindu. This caused revolts from both Hindus and Muslims, which created a period of instability allowing Europeans to come and take
Like several dynasties throughout history, power and the art of war have always been prominent. Both empires started off with unifying their government and military structure in order to be source of power. Their next step was to invade their surrounding areas in order to spread their own power and to have a greater influence. The conquest of Constantinople was the big accomplishment for the Ottomans, since Constantinople was Christian-based and it had proven to be difficult to conquer in the past. This not only was a conquest for power, but also for religion since they transformed the Orthodox cathedral into a Muslim mosque. The big conquest for the Mughals was north India, “Babur conquered India simply because he had lost the hope of establishing an empire in Mawarannahr or anywhere else, and so he turn his mulkgirlq, his “kingdom-seizing” ambitions, to India…” (Dale 73). Babur was more power driven since he had “kingdom-seizing” ambitions and the religious elements came in second for
Baba is a very high standing man in Kabul, but seems to be extremely harsh to Amir when he was a child. He is a very large, tough man who was very well known in the town and as Amir stated in the novel, “Lore has it my father once wrestled a black bear in Baluchistan with his bare hands” (Hosseini 12). This small detail of Baba makes it known to the reader that Baba is a man of great courage and strength. Some may think that an honorable man is one with no flaws, but many disagree. Every human being makes mistakes, including Baba. When Amir grows up and goes back to visit Rahim Khan in Afghanistan, he finds out that his father lied to him his entire life about Hassan being his half-brother. He also finds out from Rahim Khan that all Baba had back then “was his honor, his name” (Hosseini 223). He did not tell Amir and Hassan that they were brothers because they had a different mother and that would have made their entire family be looked down upon in the town. He did it for their own good, and wanted for them both to grow up as honorable men, like himself. There is a difference in making mistakes and trying to do what’s best to fix them, rather than making the same mistakes over and over again, which is what Amir seemed to do in the novel. Amir was the exact opposite of his father, which made it very hard for them to have a
Although the obstinate king refused to recognize Parliament’s authorized power and influence, he turned his back on his Protestant country to form foreign alliances against his own people. If that wasn’t ghastly enough, the king acted in an outrageous and appalling way when he put religion into the conflict and made it worse. He asked for military assistance from the Catholic pope and agreed to certain terms that could have shattered his already-destabilized country. The king denied the fact that he had been defeated by his own subjects, and he did anything he could do in his power to prevent the loss of his throne. It is not right of a true and legitimate king to overlook his people and betray them in such a horrendous and unthinkable way as to destroy the pride of his country’s religion.
In their times The Mughal and Ottoman empires were some of the greatest and most successful empires of all time. Both empires were lead by strong rulers, Suleiman in the Ottoman Empire and Akbar in the Mughal. However, the Mughal empire failed due to the weak successors that could not unite the huge empire after Akbar’s demise leading the empire to fall apart.
... religious intolerance, and a continued resentment from the nobles. Overall, Akbar the Great had a positive impact on his empire and created a prosperous new society, whereas Louis XIV ruined France.
The greatest leaders in history often leave behind some sort of legacy. Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Persian Empire around 500 B.C., which was the largest empire of its time (Cyrus II, the Great). The empire stretched from ancient Iran, and grew to include an area reaching from Greece to India (Persian Empire). Cyrus’ reign saw some of the first contacts between Persia and Greece, and helped Persia gain the political power that had once been held by the people of Mesopotamia (Cyrus, the Great). Cyrus the Great proved to be an effective leader who developed a strong military that was stationed strategically throughout the empire to stop rebellions and keep trade routes safe, treated captives like the jews kindly, and implemented an organized administration of government that included satraps who governed locally.
His army could wipe out just about anyone and with this many countries feared him. Suleiman wasn't just a warrior but under his time as emperor the empire reached the highest point of its military power and culture. With Suleiman’s rule the architecture thrived he valued education and new ways of thinking. Suleiman was a very knowledgeable leader along with knowing what he wanted from his country. When he died in 1566 Suleiman left his successor one of
...f their god Allah was destroying the other traditional Gods whom some of Bambara people had believed and some who continued believing in them. This new god Allah was more powerful than them.
"Ranjit Singh ruled his kingdom according to the Sikh tenets. All the important positions were given to Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs, entirely based on merit. Even his main advisors were three famous Muslim brothers: Fakir Aziz-ud-Din, his foreign minister; Fakir Nur-ud-Din, his home minister; Fakir Imam-ud-Din, his custodian of the arsenals. Forty-six senior Army officers and two top ranking Generals were Muslims.
However, Napoleon’s leadership skills were extraordinary, he succeed as administrator, legal and social reformer. He made very important achievements during
He made his leadership by peaceful means and demonstrated to the entire world that he lived by his own set of values, consequently gaining the respect of his people.
and not just at the Rajputs, who became one of the pillars of the empire.