history of akbar empire
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar [7] (Persian: ابو الفتح جلال الدين محمد اكبر; October 1542 [a] - October 27, 1605), [10] [11] popularly known as Akbar the Great, [12] (Akbar-i-azam اکبر اعظم), and also as Akbar I (IPA: [əkbər]), [13] was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father , Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor to expand and consolidate the Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually expanded the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. His power and influence, however, extended across the entire subcontinent due to Mughal military, political, cultural and economic domination. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralized system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of reconciling conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a diverse religious and cultural empir