Nasir-ud-din Muhammad | |||||
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Padishah of the Mughal Empire Humayun |
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Coronation | 29 December 1530, Agra | ||||
Reign | 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540 | ||||
Predecessor | Babur | ||||
Successor | Sher Shah Suri (as Suri King) | ||||
Reign | 22 February 1555 – 27 January 1556 | ||||
Predecessor |
Babur (as Mughal Emperor) Sher Shah Suri (as Suri King) |
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Successor | Akbar | ||||
Born | Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad 6 March 1508 Kabul (present-day Afghanistan) |
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Died | 27 January 1556 Delhi, Mughal Empire (present-day India) |
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Burial | Humayun's Tomb, Delhi | ||||
Consort | Bega Begum | ||||
Wives |
Hamida Banu Begum Mah Chuchak Begum Bibi Gunwar Mewa Jan |
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Issue |
Al-aman Mirza Akbar Mirza Muhammad Hakim Ibrahim Sultan Mirza Farrukh-Fal Mirza Aqiqa Sultan Begum Jahan Sultan Begum Bakshi Banu Begum Fakhr-un-Nissa Begum Bakht-un-Nissa Begum Amina Banu Begum Sakina Banu Begum |
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House | Timurid | ||||
Father | Babur | ||||
Mother | Maham Begum | ||||
Religion | Islam |
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Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad |
Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad (Persian: نصیرالدین محمد, translit. Nasīr-ad-Dīn Muhammad; 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), better known by his regnal name, Humayun (Persian: همایون, translit. Humāyūn), was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, who ruled over territory in what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India and Bangladesh from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early but regained it with the aid of the Safavid dynasty of Persia, with additional territory. At the time of his death in 1556, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometres.
In December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father to the throne of Farghana as ruler of the Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent. At the age of 23, Humayun was an inexperienced ruler when he came to power. His half-brother Kamran Mirza inherited Kabul and Lahore, the northernmost parts of their father's empire. Mirza was to become a bitter rival of Humayun.