蒙兀兒帝國建立 Mughal Empire Founded

Babur founds the Mughal Empire, which will rule most of India for three centuries.
一個中亞騎兵用火槍打敗了印度的舊秩序。接下來 300 年,蒙兀兒帝國建造了泰姬陵、統治了次大陸,然後在納迪爾·沙阿的掠奪中崩潰了。
A Central Asian horseman used gunpowder to shatter India's old order. For three centuries the Mughals built the Taj Mahal, ruled the subcontinent, then collapsed into Nadir Shah's plunder.
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Babur founds the Mughal Empire, which will rule most of India for three centuries.

Timur+Genghis 後裔 Babur 從 Kabul 南下,1.2 萬軍以火藥火砲擊潰 Lodi 蘇丹 10 萬象軍,建 Mughal 王朝。
Timurid-Genghisid Babur from Kabul; his 12,000 with gunpowder defeated Lodi sultan's 100,000. Mughal founded.

Babur 之子 Humayun 1540 失國流亡波斯 15 年,借 Safavid 騎兵 1555 復國,但隔年圖書館梯失足摔死。
Babur's son lost throne 1540, exiled to Persia 15 years. Recovered with Safavid cavalry 1555; died falling from library steps next year.

13 歲即位,治世 49 年擴疆涵蓋整個北印度與 Deccan,廢非穆斯林 jizya 稅,建 Din-i-Ilahi 融合宗教。Mughal 鼎盛。
Took throne at 13; reigned 49 years, conquered north India + Deccan. Abolished jizya tax; founded syncretic Din-i-Ilahi.

融合伊斯蘭、印度教、瑣羅亞斯德教、基督教元素的新宗教,鼓勵帝國境內多教共存,但只 18 弟子,實驗失敗。
Syncretic religion blending Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity. Only 18 disciples; experiment failed.

Akbar 之子,藝術、文學、繪畫贊助者。妻 Nur Jahan 實際治國 16 年,史上首位 Mughal 皇后實掌政權。
Akbar's son; patron of art and literature. Wife Nur Jahan effectively ruled 16 years — first Mughal empress in power.

Shah Jahan 為亡妻 Mumtaz Mahal 建白色大理石陵墓,22 年動員 2 萬工匠,融合波斯、伊斯蘭、印度建築風格。
Shah Jahan built white marble mausoleum for wife Mumtaz Mahal. 22 years, 20,000 craftsmen; blended Persian-Islamic-Indian styles.

囚父 Shah Jahan 篡位,治 49 年擴疆極盛但伊斯蘭正統化政策反 Hindu,重啟 jizya 稅,激化民族與宗教矛盾種下解體禍根。
Imprisoned father Shah Jahan; reigned 49 years. Islamized policies reversed Akbar's tolerance, sparked Hindu/Sikh resistance.

波斯 Nadir Shah 攻入 Delhi,3 萬印度人被屠殺,搶走 Mughal 國寶 Peacock Throne 與 Koh-i-Noor 鑽石,Mughal 名存實亡。
Persian Nadir Shah sacked Delhi; 30,000 killed. Took Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor diamond. Mughal's nominal end.