Grand Mughal

Le Grand Mogol ("The Grand Mughal") as imagined by French cartographer Alain Manesson Mallet (Paris, 1683)

Grand Mughal or Mogul, also Great Mughal, is a title coined by Europeans for the ruler of the Mughal Empire of India. It is especially associated with the third in the line, Akbar the Great (1542-1605).[1] The Mughals themselves used the title Padishah.

In the same way the Ottoman sultan was known as the "Grand Turk".

References

  1. "...the Mughal dynasty". PBS (pbs.org). Retrieved April 11, 2010.
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