Mughal Empire (1526-1857)

Sunday, August 11, 2013




Founder: Babur
Last Ruler: Bahadur Shah II
Capitals: Agra -> Fatehpur Sikri -> Lahore -> Agra -> Shahjehanabad/ Delhi
Languages: Persian -> Chagatai Trukic -> Urdu
Religion: Islam -> Din-e-Ilahi -> Islam


Mughal Empire is the one of the longest running empire in India. They ruled India about 300 years. In this time India got inspired by their culture and art. There had been 20 rulers in Mughal Empire. Here I am gonna tell you trick to remember all the names of Mughal rulers. 

To remember first seven names follow the mnemonic BHAJSAB

Memory Trick :       BHAJSAB ( In chronological order)

B  --------------------------------- Babur
H  --------------------------------- Humayun
--------------------------------- Akbar
J  --------------------------------- Jahangir
S  --------------------------------- Shah Jahan
A  --------------------------------- Aurangzeb
B  --------------------------------- Bahadur Shah I   



To remember rest 13 rulers name follow the trick:

BAS SAAM  ko  MUnNI  RAFI  ke gane sunti hai,  FURRsat  JAHA  mil jati hai ( In reverse chronological order)

Jaha --------------------------------- Jahandar Shah
Furr  --------------------------------- Furrukhusiyar
Rafi  --------------------------------- Rafi Ul-Darjat
Rafi  --------------------------------- Rafi Ud-Daulat
Ni     --------------------------------- Nikusiyar
Mu   --------------------------------- Muhammad Ibrahim
M     --------------------------------- Muhammad Shah

A      --------------------------------- Ahmad Shah Bahadur
A      --------------------------------- Alamgir II  
S      --------------------------------- Shah Jahan III
S      --------------------------------- Shah Alam II  
A      --------------------------------- Akbar Shah II
B      --------------------------------- Bahadur Shah II   

 

To remember the capitals during Mughal Empires use mnemonic:  SALFA (In reverse order)

A   --------------------------------- Agra 
F   --------------------------------- Fatehpur Sikri 
L   --------------------------------- Lahore
A   --------------------------------- Agra
S   --------------------------------- Shahjahanabad/Delhi
 

9 comments

  1. It could be
    Bhajshaz
    B for Babur
    H for humayun
    A for Akbar
    J for jehangir
    Sh for shah jehan
    A for aurangzeb
    Z for Bahadur shah zafar(z because it makes a proper word bhajshaz.)

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  2. BHAJi SABJi For MAA ShAhaB
    Babur
    Humayun
    Akbar
    Jahagir
    Shahjahan
    Aurangeb
    Bahadur shah 1st
    Jahandar shah
    Farruksiyar
    Mohammad shah
    Ahmed shah
    Alamgir
    Shah alam
    Akbar 2nd
    Bahadur shah zafar 2nd

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