India: The 3rd Mughal Emperor Akbar (25 October 1542 - 27 October 1605) riding an elephant, while a Turkish retainer sits behind holding a flaming torch. Miniature painting, 17th century. Akbar (r. 1556-1605), also known as Shahanshah Akbar-e-Azam or Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Emperor Humayun, and the grandson of Emperor Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of his reign in 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of the northern and central India. Akbar was thirteen years old when he became emperor.

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