Humayun
Second Mughal emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556 · Historical Figures · Lived 1508 to 1556 · aged 47
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Something wrong?The Mughal emperor who lost an empire and spent fifteen years winning it back. Humayun's exile to Persia didn't just cost him his throne - it rewired the cultural DNA of the dynasty, flooding the subcontinent with Persian manuscripts, architecture, and noblemen that would define Mughal India long after his death.
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Humayun and Babur (Late Shah Jahan Album) Humayun detail
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Akbar and Humayun portrait in Kabul (1550-56)%2C_photographed_c._1985.jpg?width=1200)
Allegory of the Celebrations for Akbar's Circumcision at Khwaja Seh Yaran Mughal at Kabul, c. 1546 AD Detail of Humayun's portrait (detail), photographed c. 1985
Allegory of the Celebrations for Akbar's Circumcision at Khwaja Seh Yaran Mughal at Kabul, c. 1546 AD Detail of Humayun's portrait, photographed c. 1985
Allegory of the Celebrations for Akbar's Circumcision at Khwaja Seh Yaran Mughal at Kabul, c. 1546 AD, ladies detail, photographed c. 1985 MET catalogue
Allegory of the Celebrations for Akbar's Circumcision at Khwaja Seh Yaran Mughal at Kabul, c. 1546 AD, photographed c. 1985 MET catalogue
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Humayun inherited the Mughal throne in Delhi on 26 December 1530 at twenty-two, inexperienced and immediately locked in rivalry with his half-brother Kamran Mirza, who held Kabul and Kandahar. Early in his reign he lost the entire empire to Sher Shah Suri. He spent fifteen years in exile, returning from Persia in 1555 with Safavid backing and a retinue of Persian noblemen who reshaped Mughal court culture - Central Asian roots gave way to Persian art, language, and literature that still mark the subcontinent in stone and manuscript. He quickly expanded the reclaimed empire before his death on 27 January 1556, leaving his son Akbar a million square kilometers and a transformed inheritance.
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