Mughal dynasty

The Mughal dynasty (Persian: دودمان مغل‎; Dudmân-e Mughal) was an Indian imperial dynasty,^[1][2][3][4] which comprised the members of the imperial House of Babur (Persian: خاندانِ آلِ بابُر‎; Khāndān-e-Āl-e-Bābur), also known as the Gurkanis (Persian: گورکانیان‎; Gūrkāniyān).^[5] They ruled the Mughal Empire from c. 1526 to 1857.

Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire

The Mughal dynasty is generally divided into the following:

Early or Great Mughals

• Babur (reigned 1526-1530) founded the dynasty;
• Humayun (r: 1530–1540, then interregnum,^[6] then back in 1555-1556)
• Akbar the Great (1556-1605)
• Jahangir (1606-1627)
• Shah Jahan (1628-1658)
• Aurangzeb Alamgir (1658-1707)

Later or Lesser Mughals

• Shah Alam Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712)
• Jahandar Shah (1712-1713)
• Farrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
• Muhammad Shah Rangeela (1719-1748)
• Ahmad Shah (1748-1754)
• Alamgir II (1754-1759)
• Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
• Akbar (Shah) II (1806-1837)
• Bahadur Shah Zaffar II (1837-1858)

v t e Mughal family tree
1. Babur (1483 –1531) 2. Humayun (1508 –1556) Masuma Sultan Begum Kamran Mirza (1509 –1557) Gulchehra Begum Askari Mirza (1516 –1557/1558) Hindal Mirza (1519 –1551) Gulbadan Begum Gulrukh Begum 3. Akbar (1542 –1605) Mirza Muhammad Hakim (1553 –1585) 4. Jahangir (1569 –1627) Shahzada Khanam Shah Murad (1570- 1599) Daniyal (1572- 1604) Shakarunnisa Begum Aram Banu Begum Sultan Nisar Begum Khusrau Mirza (1587 –1622) Parvez (1590- 1626) Bahar Banu Begum 5. Shah Jahan (1592 –1666) Lizzat-un-nisa Begum Jahandar Shahrayar (1605 –1628) Jahanara Begum Dara Shikoh (1615- 1659) Shah Shuja (1616-1661) Roshanara Begum 6. Aurangzeb[lower-roman 1] (1618 –1707) Murad Baksh (1624 - 1661) 7. Muhammad Azam Shah (1653 - 1707) 8. Bahadur Shah I (1643 –1712) Muhammad Akbar (1657- 1706) Muhammad Kam Bakhsh (1667- 1709) Azim-ush-Shan (1664 –1712) Rafi-ush-Shan (1671 –1712) 9. Jahandar Shah (1661 –1713) Khujista Akhtar (1673- 1712) Neku Siyar (1679- 1723) Muhi us-Sunnat (1690- 1747) 10. Farrukhsiyar (1683 –1719) 12. Shah Jahan II (1696 –1719) 11. Rafi'u-d-Darjat (1699 –1719) Muhammad Ibrahim (1703 –1746) 15. Alamgir II (1699 –1759) 13. Muhammad Shah (1702 –1748) 16. Shah Jahan III (1711- 1772) 17. Shah Alam II (1728 –1806) 14. Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725 –1775) 19. Akbar Shah II (1760 –1837) 18. Shah Jahan IV Bedar Bakht (1749- 1790) 20. Bahadur Shah II Zafar (1775 –1862)
Notes: R. B. Whitehead, Catalogue of Coins in the Panjab Museum, Lahore: Coins of the Mughal Emperors, Obscure Press, retrieved 29 April 2010