At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
The Langahs were defeated in 1526 by the Arghuns, who collaborated with the Mughals and made Multan a dependency of their empire 1.
A Mughal suba
After the Sur interlude in Indo-Muslim history, Multan became the capital of an important suba of the Mughal empire, as the A'in-i Akbari details 1.
The long stability
The city enjoyed a long period of stability under the Mughals, until 1752 when Ahmad Shah Durrani forced the emperor to cede the subas of Lahore and Multan 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Multan
People and things also explored
The British take Multan, 1848-1849· The Mughals cede Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1752· Mu'izz al-Din wrests Multan from the Qarmatians· Iltutmish takes Multan from Qabacha, 625· The Langah sultanate rises at Multan, 1437· Mahmud of Ghazna's Multan campaigns, 396 and 401· The Mongol raids on the Multan marches· The Siege of Multan and the House of Gold
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 603
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Arghuns take Multan into the Mughal orbit, 1526”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/arghun-multan-1526/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.