See also:

• HUMAYUN (15o8-1556)

HUMAYUN (15o8-1556)  , See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi, succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• BABER

Baber in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 1530, while his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Kamran obtained the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of See also:

• KABUL

Kabul and See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore . See also:

• HUMAYUN (15o8-1556)

Humayun was thus See also:

• LEFT

left in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his father's See also:

• RECENT

recent conquests, which were in dispute with the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Afghans under Sher Shah, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . After ten years of fighting, Humayun was driven out of India and compelled to flee to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia through the See also:

• DESERT

desert of See also:

• SIND

Sind, where his famous son, See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar the See also:

• GREAT

Great, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty fort of See also:

• UMARKOT

Umarkot (1542) . Sher Shah was killed at the storming of See also:

• KALINJAR

Kalinjar 0545), and Humayun, returning to India with Akbar, then only thirteen years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, defeated the Inds-Afghan See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and reoccupied Delhi (1555)• India thus passed again from the Afghans to the Moguls, but six months afterwards Humayun was killed by a fall from the See also:

• PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

parapet of his See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace (1556), leaving his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom to Akbar . The See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Humayun is one of the finest Mogul monuments in the See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of Delhi, and it was here that the last of the Moguls, Bahadur Shah, was captured by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• HODSON, WILLIAM STEPHEN RAIKES (1821-1858)

Hodson in 18J7 .