Humayun’s Tomb

The lifetime of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, was marked by battle and vicissitude.

Humayun Tomb Timing

He ascended the throne of Delhi after the demise of his father, Babur, in 1530.

Humayun’s Tomb

The Mughal Empire was not but agency on its foundations and Humayun needed to suppress numerous rebellions on the outset of his reign. Early success was adopted by extended catastrophe. In 1539 Sher Khan, an Afghan nobleman who dominated over tracts of what’s now Bihar and Bengal, rose victoriously in opposition to him and the vanquished emperor fled the nation.
He spent 15 years in exile; a few of them on the court docket of Shah Tahmasp of Persia, and in 1555 returned with a borrowed Persian military, recovered his misplaced dominion and re-established the Mughal Empire. He didn’t lengthy survive his return and died on January 19, 1556, after a fall on the steps of his library in Sher Mandal, a monument inside what’s at this time referred to as Purana Qila.


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