HUMAYUN

or Homayunhoomäˈyoon, 1507–56, second Mughal emperor of India (1530–56), son and successor of Babur. In 1535, pressed by enemy incursions into Rajasthan, Humayun defeated the formidable Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. However military opposition, particularly that of Sher Khan in Bihar, grew in strength. Sher Khan overran Bengal in 1537, and Humayun was routed at Chausa in 1539 and crushingly defeated at Kanauj in 1540. Humayun fled to Sind and finally obtained shelter from Shah Tahmasp of Persia in 1544. After the death of Sher Khan's son, Humayun, with Persian support, invaded (1555) India and reestablished Mughal authority. He died soon after, and his son Akbar became emperor.

See his memoirs, The Tezkereh al Vakiāt (tr. 1970); I. Prasad, Life and Times of Humayun (1955); study by R. S. Avasthy (1967).

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History of Philosophy: Eastern and Western - Vol. 2
Book by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia, Dhirendra Mohan Datta, Humayun Kabir; George Allen & Unwin, 1953
Subjects: Philosophy--History
...Chairman ARDESHIR RUTTONJI WADIA DHIRENDRA MOHAN DATTA HUMAYUN KABIR Secretary LONDON GEORGE ALLEN UNWIN LTD Ruskin...XXXVIII. IMMANUEL KANT 238 by Humayun Kabir, M.A. CAL. , M.A. OXON Educational Adviser...
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Education in New India
Book by Humayun Kabir; Harper & Brothers, 1957
Subjects: Education--India
EDUCATION IN NEW INDIA -ii- EDUCATION IN NEW INDIA HUMAYUN KABIR HARPER. AND BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK PRINTED...vitality and variety of Indias educational effort. London HUMAYUN KABIR 4 July 1955 CONTENTS...
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Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule, (A.D. 712-1764)
Book by Stanley Lane-Poole; Haskell House, 1970
Subjects: Constitutional History, Medieval, India--Politics And Government--997-1765
...MOHAMMEDAN RULE FOUR EMPERORS: BABAR, HUMAYUN, AKBAR, AND JAHANGIR. MEDIAEVAL INDIA...History of India under Babar and Humayun': it is no light loss that the author's...IX. THE EBB OF THE TIDE--HUMAYUN, 1530-1556 218...
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The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530)
Book by Stephen F. Dale; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Afghanistan--History, Asia, Central--History, Babur--Emperor Of Hindustan--1483-1530, India--History--1000-1765, India--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...Khwandamir stayed on to serve Baburs son, Humayun. 17 In his history he discusses Baburs...India. I He became a court historian for Humayun and died in India in 1535. For details...nimafi, or letter of advice to his son Humayun. Written to Humayun in Afghanistan on...
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The Cambridge Shorter History of India
Book by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell; Cambridge University Press, 1934
Subjects: India--History
...314 Humayun 316...Chapter VIII. BABUR, HUMAYUN AND THE AFGHANS...328 Humayun in Malwa 329...
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Neo-millet Systems and Transnational Religious Movements: the Humayun Decrees and Church Construction in Egypt
Journal article by Paul S. Rowe; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 49, 2007
Subjects: Changes, Christianity, Christians, Iraq War-2003, Law, Political alliances, Politics, Religion, Social activism, Society, States
...Transnational Religious Movements: the Humayun Decrees and Church Construction in Egypt...restrictions on church building, regulated by the Humayun decrees, and the resulting devolution...REGULATION AND CHURCH CONSTRUCTION: THE HUMAYUN DECREES Church construction governed...
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Arsenic in Drinking Water and Pregnancy Outcomes
Journal article by S. Akhtar Ahmad, M.H. Salim Ullah Sayed, Shampa Barua, Manzurul Haque Khan, M.H. Faruquee, Abdul Jalil, S. Abdul Hadi, Humayun Kabir Talukder; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...Khan , M.H. Faruquee , Abdul Jalil , S. Abdul Hadi , Humayun Kabir Talukder We studied a group of women of reproductive...Haque Khan, M.H. Faruquee, Abdul Jalil, S. Abdul Hadi, and Humayun Kabir Talukder National Institute of Preventive and Social...
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The Ahrari Waqf in Kabul in the Year 1546 and the Mughul Naqshbandiyyah
Journal article by Stephen F. Dale, Alam Payind; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Central Asia--History, Islam--History, Kabul, Afghanistan--History
...northern Afghanistan. Timurids, Baburs sons Humayun and Kamran, had just concluded a phase of...struggle for central and eastern Afghanistan with Humayuns occupation of Kabul in November 1545. Humayun, Baburs eldest son and heir, had been expelled...
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"Its Mortar Mixed with the Sweetness of Life:" Architecture and Ceremonial at the Shrine of Safi Al-din Ishaq Ardabili during the Reign of Shah Tahmasb I
Journal article by Kishwar Rizvi; The Muslim World, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: Architecture, Religious cults, Safi, Shaykh, Shrines
...Shah Tahmasb. In 1544, the Mughal ruler Humayun was exiled from India and sought refuge...Safavid court. On arrival from Lahore, Humayun was first escorted to Herat and then by...shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. From here, Humayun was brought to Shah Tahmasb in Tabriz...
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Trouble Wherever They Went: American Missionaries in Anatolia and Ottoman Syria in the Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Jeremy Salt; The Muslim World, Vol. 92, 2002
Subjects: Christianity, Missionaries, Muslims, Ottoman Empire, Secularism
...them to mean. They regarded the Hatti Humayun of 1856 as a charter opening the door...from the Sultan in 1856 the famous Hatti Humayun, a firman granting full freedom of conscience...freedoms they chose to believe the Hatti Humayun had given them, the missionaries approached...
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Nuclear Nightmare: US Holds Mysterious Israeli in Global Hunt for Renegade Bomb Salesmen
Magazine article by Ed Blanche; The Middle East, March 2005
Subjects: Karni, Asher--Investigations, Khan, Abdul Qadeer--Investigations, Nuclear weapons--Investigations
...has links to a Pakistani businessman, Humayun Khan, (no relation to A.Q. Khan). In a...already Byzantine affair, in the 1970s Humayun Khan was a purchasing agent for a German...of the GP-20B models, at $447 each, for Humayun Khan, enough to detonate up to 10 nuclear...
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The Bloody Diamond: As Arguments over the Ownership of the Koh-I-Noor Flare Up Yet Again, Kevin Rushby Tells the Controversial and Blood-Stained History of the World's Most Famous Diamond
Magazine article by Kevin Rushby; Geographical, Vol. 76, May 2004
Subjects: Diamond crystals--History, Diamond crystals--International aspects, Diamonds--History, Diamonds--International aspects
...his own. His memoirs record how his son, Humayun, found Alauddins diamond in the baggage...in Agra. "On my arrival," wrote Babur, "Humayun presented it to me as peshkash amp;#91...After Baburs death in 1530, the mercurial Humayun, who was probably something of an opium...
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Forty-First General Assembly Lays Foundation for a 'Better United Nations for a Better World'; Reform Measures Called 'Blueprint' for a More Efficient Organization
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, February 1987
Subjects: Choudhury, Humayan Rasheed--Addresses, essays, lectures, International organization--Management, United Nations. General Assembly--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., United Nations--Management
...efficient Organization "We have just concluded what was in many ways a historic session", declared General Assembly President Humayun Rasheed Choudhury of Bangladesh on the evening of 19 December, shortly after the 159-member plenary had ended its work for...
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Forty-Second General Assembly Opens in Hopeful Atmosphere of Increasing Multilateral Co-operation
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, November 1987
Subjects: Florin, Peter--Biography, International agencies--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., United Nations. General Assembly--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.
...President of the forty-first Assembly, which ended on 14 September, Humayun Rasheed Choudhury of Bangladesh, said the United Nations had...first Assembly, which ended on 14 September, its President Humayun Rasheed Choudhury called that session "epochal, with such major...
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The Taj Mahal
Magazine article by Akbar S. Ahmed; History Today, Vol. 43, May 1993
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic--India, Mogul Empire--Buildings, facilities, etc., Taj Mahal--Design and construction
...ancestors, Taimur and Uleg Beg. His son, Humayun, was exiled to Iran and returned with...Islamic styles and materials. indeed it was Humayuns own tomb, built in the 1560s in Delhi...pavilions and gardens can all be seen in Humayuns tomb. During the reign of Humayuns...
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Shop Blown Up in Arson Attack
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 2, 2006
...and boarding up the shop. It is owned by Sam Humayun(ok), 27, and her husband Humayun Zulfiqar (ok), 32, of Fellgate, Jarrow. They...there had been an explosion. Mother-of-one Mrs Humayun said: "All the glass has been blown out and the...
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The Gastro-Preneurs S Saving London's Pubs
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 14, 2007
The Gastro-Preneurs S Saving Londons Pubs. Byline: HUMAYUN HUSSAIN MORE pubs are being converted into flats and offices, and the impending no-smoking ban is only going to make things more...
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Pakistan Seeks Deal
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 11, 2003
...market access for Pakistani textiles and reminding the Bush administration that his country is a key ally in South Asia. Humayun Akhtar Khan told reporters of his fears that Pakistan could lose business in the United States to other nations that have free-trade...
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Afghan Blast Blamed on Pakistan Agency; INTERNATIONAL
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 9, 2008
Subjects: Administrative agencies, Bombings, Government agencies
...agency was behind the bombing of the Indian Embassy that killed 41 people, President Hamid Karzais spokesman said yesterday. Humayun Hamidzada says the "sophistication of this attack and the kind of material that was used, the specific targeting, everything...
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Shop Wrecked by Arson Blast
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), June 2, 2006
...blowing out the front windows and metal security shutters. Mrs Humayun said: "We have only been here seven months and it is quite...and fire officers are to check CCTV footage of the shop. Mrs Humayun said she did not believe the attack to be racially-motivated...
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Humayun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUMAYUN or Homayun hooma yoon, 1507 56, second Mughal emperor...In 1535, pressed by enemy incursions into Rajasthan, Humayun defeated the formidable Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. However...grew in strength. Sher Khan overran Bengal in 1537, and Humayun was routed at Chausa in 1539 and crushingly defeated at...
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Sher Khan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Mughals, and in 1537, when Humayun , son of Babur, was elsewhere engaged...strategist, Sher Khan routed the army of Humayun in 1539, and a year later decisively defeated a fresh army at Kanauj. Humayun fled to Sind and thence to Persia...
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Homayun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOMAYUN see Humayun . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Akbar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AKBAR ak bar, 1542 1605, Mughal emperor of India (1556 1605); son of Humayun , grandson of Babur . He succeeded to the throne under a regent, Bairam Khan, who rendered loyal service in expanding and consolidating...
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Mughal Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...under a succession of Mughal emperors. Humayun The school of Mughal painting began in 1549 when Humayun (1530 56) invited two Persian painters...great Mughal monument was the mausoleum to Humayun, erected during the reign of Akbar...
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