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Thank you for the historical information, @mughal arslan shah mirza !

Mughal Technology. Fathullah Shirazi (1582), a Persian-Indian polymath and mechanical engineer who worked for Akbar the Great in the Mughal Empire, invented the autocannon, the earliest multi-shot gun. As opposed to the polybolos and repeating crossbows used earlier in ancient Greece and China...

Not necessarily so. There were many advances in Science under the auspices of Mughal Emperors...! They contributed much to understanding in the field of zoology: Jahangir was a naturalist as well; he was not only a known birdwatcher or ornithologist but a keen observer of plants and animals as...

Each country is unique in its own destiny @hinduguy . For me, I have a considerable awe for many kingdoms, and empires that ruled most of South Asia. In particular is my fascination for the Mughal Empire, especially its contributions to arts, and science. It was during the reign of Jahangir...

A manuscript depicting the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and the Safavid Shah Abbas I; and the qualities of Mughal - Safavid Relations.

Southern smaller kingdoms were tributary states of the Moghul Empire. And thus were part of the Empire, during its greatest expanse....! Had they resisted their mandate, they would have merely been pulverized and taken by force as what happened to Rajasthan and Punjab states.

Thanks for that input, @hinduguy ! Interesting.

Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, known by his imperial name Jahangir, the 4th Mughal Emperor. Shah ʿAbbas I receiving Khan ʿÁlam, ambassador from Jahángír in 1617

This is rather shameful, going back on their oath of promise. At the very least , descedents of the Moghul Empire should be given a privy purse, considering all kings in India once gave obeisance and tribute to them.

The Expanse of the Moghul Empire

This should not be so. Does not the Government of India provide titular lands for royal descendents?

In one of his couplet Bahadur Shah had lamented on the irony of his fate thus: Umr-e-daraaz maang ke laye the char din/Do aarzu mein kat gaye, do intezar mein Hai kitna badnasseb Zafar dafn ke liye/Do gaz zameen bhi mil na saki koo-e-yaar mein. Na kisii kii ankh ka nur na kisii ke dil ka...

I'm interested to know if there exists in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh any descendents of the Imperial Timurid Dynasty?

Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor As Emperor of the Great Mughal Empire, it was considered customary that the State shower unto His Imperial Majesty the Emperor the Symbolic Beauty in the form of jewels and royal regalia. That is right. Despite overwhelming British power, The Emperor Shah II still...

Bahadur Shah II, last Mughal Emperor of India (1838-1857). Painted by August Schoefft in 1854. Shah II was the last Mughal emperor and a member of the Timurid Dynasty.

The Golden Throne of the Great Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty and Grand Khan of Tartary The Chinese Empire ruled by the Great Qing Dynasty

Prince Chun gave up being regent on December 6, 1911 and passed the position to Empress Dowager Longyu who was left to deal with the disaster. It was she, on behalf of the Hsuan-tung Emperor, signed the "Act of Abdication of the Emperor of the Great Qing" on February 12, 1912. The agreement...

This thread is a tribute thread to one of my favorite Chinese Emperors, His Imperial Majesty the Xuantong Emperor. He was a man who lived in one of the most dynamic times of China's History, and in the History of Asia. He was the Last Emperor to sit on the Golden Throne of the Imperial Qing...

Thank you for the correction. In my opinion, he was a prolific Chief Minister of Gujarat, where the state's annual growth rate was far ahead that of the national average. Good Luck to India! May the forthcoming years be auspicious for your country.