India's Muslim Empires

11/12 Do now: p. 139 # 40 & read LG 6

1.

sultan a Muslim ruler

2.

Delhi sultans ruled India from here 1206-1526

3.

rajah local Hindu ruler

4.

Sikhismblending Islamic & Hindu beliefs arose in

northern India

5.

Baburmilitary leader & poet,founded the Mughal

dynasty

6.

MughalDelhi sultanate established by Babur

7.

Akbar the Great:ruled Mughal empire from 15561605

8.

Nur Jahanwife of Akbars son Jahangir; most powerful

woman in pre20th century India

9.

Shah Jahanruled during the high point of Mughal

literature, art, & architecture; built Taj Mahal

10.

Taj MahalMuslim tomb for Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah

LG 6:Describe the expansion of Islam in to India & the

relationship between Hindus & Muslims.

Two Muslim
sultanates ruled
Indiathe Delhi
sultanate &
later, the Mughal
dynasty.

In the late 1100s, a

Muslim sultan
defeated Hindu
armies &
established a
capital at Delhi.
There were several
reasons for their
victory:

Rival Hindu princes

fought among
themselves instead of
uniting in their defense.
Swift mounted archers
outmaneuvered Hindus on
elephants.
Islams social mobility
appealed to Hindus
locked into a low social
position by the caste
system.

The Delhi Sultanate lasted from 1206 to 1526.

Indian government & society changed as sultans
introduced Muslim traditions.
Turks, Persians,
& Arabs
migrated to
India to serve
as soldiers
or officials,
bringing
increased trade.

During the
1200s, when the
Mongols raided
Baghdad, many
scholars fled to
India.

These
immigrants
helped
architecture
& the arts
flourish.

In 1398, Tamerlane (Mongol) plundered the

northern plain & smashed Delhi.

Northern India fell

into rival Hindu
& Muslim states.

Muslim sultanates
would not regain
control until 1526.

Muslim beliefs conflicted sharply with those

of the Hindus they conquered in northern India.
Hindus:

Muslims:

believed in many
gods & sacred
texts.

recognized one
God & one sacred
text.

honored Brahmans
as a priestly class.

had no religious
hierarchy.

accepted caste
system.

Equality of classes

LG 6 Describe the relationships between Hindus &

Muslims:

In time, Muslim & Hindu cultures began

to blend.
Muslim scholars suggested that one God was behind
the many Hindu gods.
Hindus were protected as long as they paid a poll
tax.
In some places, local rajahs, Hindu leaders, were
allowed to rule.
Many Hindus converted to Islam out of belief,
to avoid the caste system, or for trade & commerce.

Indian Muslims began to absorb Hindu

influences as well.
Urdu, a new language, combined Persian, Arabic,
and a Delhi dialect.
Some marriage and caste customs were accepted.
Indian dance and music reappeared in the courts
of the sultan.
A new religion, Sikhism, blended Hindu and
Muslim ideas.
A new religion, Sikhism, blended Hindu and Muslim
ideas.
An Indian holy man, Nanak, sought to blend
Islamic & Hindu beliefs.
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Led by Babur, Turkish & Mongol armies swept

away the Delhi sultanate in 1526.

Babur, a military genius

& poet, claimed to
descend from Genghis
Khan & Tamerlane.

In 1526, Babur defeated

Sultan Ibrahim Delhi &
established the Mughal
dynasty.

The Mughals, which means Mongols in Persian,

ruled much of southern Asia until 1857.

The greatest ruler of the Mughals was Akbar

the Great, grandson of Babur. Akbar reigned
from 1556 to 1605.
Akbar built
a united
empire by:

replacing hereditary officials with

professionals, including Hindus.

listening to advisors from

many faiths.

modernizing the army.

marrying a Hindu princess.

encouraging trade.

p. 138 witness history

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/india/p/akb
arthegreatbio.htm
use this to answer how akbar treated hindus
Read matters of fiath and marriage

The Taj Mahal, a memorial to the wife of Shah Jahan.