At a glance
- Roles
- sultan
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Politics, governance and authority
Overview
Sultan Humayun b. Babur, king of India — the cause of his death was a fall from a roof; the Persian chronogram of his death ran "humayun badshah az bam uftad" — so said in al-Nur 1.
Connections
- Parent of
- Akbar the Great
- Predecessor of
- Akbar the Great
- Participated in
- Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH
People and things also explored
Akbar takes Gujarat, 980· Hamida Banu Begum· Delhi· Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH· Akbar the Great· Ahl al-Diwan (those paid from the state register of soldiers and officers, and the rules of their conditions and distribution)· Ahl al-Hall wa al-Aqd (those who loose and bind: the men of power whose choice confirms the imam)· Ahl al-Mahalla (the people of a quarter, their imam, call to prayer, and their part in the oath and blood money where a body is found)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 333-334
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Humayun ibn Babur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/humayun-mughal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.