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Stefan Härtel
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Eddie's best friend
Jul 1999
time: 06:12
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Yep, it's true. It will be ready in about a week. What is it about? The Mughals. Here's the "Historical Background" part of the Readme:
"In 1517, an Afghan king named Babur appeared on the stage of India. Babur could proudly guide his family's origin back directly to the great Genghis Khan.
Babur was invited to join a campaign against the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim, in the Ganges valley. Babur joined, and shortly afterwards, he found himself in the middle of a campaign that would later make the lands of Delhi to his subject.
Babur (pronounced "Babar" by the way) had a great passion for the nature, and wherever he went, he ordered to create Persian gardens. This, along with his knowledge of the Persian language, is the first sign of the Mughal's devotion to the developements in Persia.
Babur died too early,in 1530. He was unable to turn the lands he conquered into an empire. This task was left to his son, Humayun, who, in the first 5 years of his reign, could successfully defeat the Gujatat kingdom, but after two defeats in 1539 was dethroned by the afghan usurper Sher-Shah, who could not stabilize his reign, and Humayun remained emperor (Persian: "Shah"). In 1545, Sher-Shah was dethroned.
Akbar (Arab for "Great", ironically often called "Akbar the Great), who reigned from 1556 to 1605, is regarded as the greates Mughal emperor. Akbar's successful campaigns brought nearly all Indian lands, with the exception of the far south, to his subject. Aside from that, Akbar is known for his splendid architectural masterpieces, as well as his religious policy. Akbar was religiously tolerant, and disregarded the rules of Islam, which ended in the fact that he built up his own religion, based on the Zoroastric ideas. This religion, however, never extended beyond his closest circles.
Akbar's successors are of little importance other than their cultural and achitectural feats. Perhaps the most well-known of all Mughal builders, Shah Jahan, reigned from 1628 to 1658. He built the most well-known of all Indian structures, the Taj Mahal, in Agra as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Jahan was dethroned by his son, Aurangzeb, and kept in another famous buildings of his, the Red Fortress (also in Agra).
A swift decline of the Mughal empire is noted after Aurangzeb's death. The politcal, cultural and architectural feats of the passed monarchs were neither topped, nor were their dimensions re-acomplished. The Mughals kept lesser powerful, and their frontiers were slowly pushed back by local Hindu states, as well as the extending colonial empires of the Dutch, English and French. The Portugese, who landed in India as early as 1497, were reduced to Goa and a couple of other colonies."
Well? anyone interested? Mail to:
Stefan.Haertel@t-online.de
The more the better!!!
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