Humayun
1508 CE–1556 CE · Agra
Humayun (1508-1556) was the second Mughal emperor, son of the dynasty's founder Babur, who inherited a young and unstable empire in 1530. He lost his territories to the Afghan ruler Sher Shah Suri and spent years in exile, notably at the Safavid court in Persia, before reconquering Delhi in 1555. He died the following year after a fall in his library, leaving the throne to his son Akbar. His reign bridged the empire's founding and its later consolidation, and his tomb in Delhi became a landmark of Mughal architecture.
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