An illiterate ruler of this empire, which lost the War of Twenty-Seven Years, employed the Nine Jewels and had a court who pretended to follow his personal syncretic faith.
An illiterate ruler of this empire, which lost the War of Twenty-Seven Years, employed the Nine Jewels and had a court who pretended to follow his personal syncretic faith. Revolts against it were led by Khushal, a Pashtun poet, and the Suri Dynasty. It also fought the Maratha Confederacy of Shivaji and the Lodi Dynasty. Its rulers built the Red Fort, and Nadir Shah took its Peacock Throne, once used by Aurangzeb. This empire was a shell by the time of the Sepoy Mutiny and began at the first battle of Panipat. A domed mausoleum at Agra was constructed by its emperor Shah Jahan. Ruled by Akbar and Babur, this is, for 10 points, what Muslim Indian empire that built the Taj Mahal?
An illiterate ruler of this empire, which lost the War of Twenty-Seven Years, employed the Nine Jewels and had a court who pretended to follow his personal syncretic faith.
Mughal empire [or Mughals; or Mogul empire/dynasty; or the Moguls; prompt on "Gurkani," "Gurkanian Dynasty," or equivalents; prompt on "Timurid," "Timurid Dynasty," or equivalents]