Jul 5, 2018 · Timur’s successors would spend the next few decades fighting each other over the land and soon his vast empire would crumble. However, the legacy of the ‘Sword of Islam’ continues to this day. His double-great-grandson Babur founded the iconic Mughal dynasty of India, a ruling family responsible for creating stunning, Timurid-inspired ...

Sep 21, 2016 · In the early 16th Century, the Uzbek Babur – a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan – began his conquest of India, which led to the formation of the Mughal empire. Following in his father Hamayun’s footsteps, Akbar-e-Azam (born as Jalal-ud-din Muhammad) became the third ruler of the empire in 1556, and greatly expanded the realm until it ...

Jun 28, 2018 · Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton truly is the musical for our turbulent times. Set against a backdrop of the American Revolution, the characters rap, beatbox and sing their way through history.