Akbar the Great

Full Name: Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar

Dynasty: Timurid; Mughal

Predecessor: Humayun

Successor: Jahangir

Coronation: February 14, 1556

Reign: February 14, 1556 – October 27, 1605

Date of Birth: October 15, 1542

Parents: Humayun (Father) and Hamida Banu Begum (Mother)

Religion: Islam (Sunni); Din-i-Ilahi

Spouse: 36 chief wives and 3 chief consorts - Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Heera Kunwari and Salima Sultan Begum

Children: Hassan, Hussain, Jahangir, Murad, Daniyal, Aram Banu Begum, Shakr-un-Nissa Begum, Khanum Sultan Begum.

Biography: Akbarnama; Ain-i-Akbari

Mausoleum: Sikandra, Agra