The Mughal Empire Trivia
From building the Taj Mahal to inventing biryani, see if you have the 'mansabdar' energy to rule this golden age of history.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which advisor and poet, known as one of the 'nine jewels' of the court, was the only Hindu to adopt the emperor's syncretic religion Din-i-Ilahi?
Birbal
Which Mughal Emperor, born in 1569, was named after the Sufi saint Salim Chishti following a prophecy that Akbar would finally have a male heir?
Jahangir
What was the official title held by a governor appointed by the emperor to oversee a province, or Subah?
Subahdar
Known for minting coins in her own name and effectively co-ruling the empire, Nur Jahan was the twentieth and final wife of which Mughal emperor?
Jahangir
After his forces were crushed at the 1539 Battle of Chausa, Emperor Humayun narrowly escaped capture by swimming across which major river?
Ganges