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title: "Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar"  
description: "Often known as one of the greatest rulers that India has seen, Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar popularly known as Akbar the Great, here's some facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-12  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1817/interesting-facts-about-mughal-emperor-akbar  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Akbar", "Mughal emperor", "Akbar facts", "Mughal emperor Akbar", "history", "historical facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar

![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/268a32ad-41b3-4f12-aca9-1b681c28e166.jpeg) ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/7446fadf-9a1f-442a-ae31-d2a924de0815.jpeg) Akbar was born on 15 October 1542 to Mughal Emperor Humayun and queen Hamida Bano at Umerkot (Sindh). ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/e1f6490f-51a5-4f4f-9d84-d44a65b601f5.jpeg) After the death of his father Humayan, Akbar was made the shahanshah. He was only 13 at that time. ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/380c359c-ab42-4c1f-a933-d253c32b5b84.jpeg) Just after the declaration of Akbar as a king, Hindu Samrat Hemu attacked the Mughals and defeated them. ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/a93d007c-de50-458f-8886-c570418aa1e1.jpeg) But later with the help of Bairam Khan, Akbar was able to defeat him in Second Battle of Panipat. ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/b62e0d53-7cae-4e37-96e7-7f217ea9bdbf.jpeg) Akbar’s liberal attitude towards other religions helped him to easily conquer other states. He was able to bring other states in his empire. ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/e3d68a82-8286-4ff4-af5d-f1aee97d7455.jpeg) Akbar married his uncle’s (Hindal Mirza) daughter Ruqaiya Sultan Begum at the age of 14 years just before ascending the Mughal throne. ![Interesting Facts About Mughal Emperor Akbar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/18046da7-9bce-4e45-b1c7-0ff25d32e711/images/9388bcf1-6896-4b39-a8da-7c863658d3d2.jpeg) Akbar made many religious matrimonial alliances through which he sent a message of unity and togetherness.

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