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Mogul empire   /mˈoʊgəl ˈɛmpaɪər/   Listen
Mogul empire

noun
1.
An empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857.





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"Mogul empire" Quotes from Famous Books



... again met with the phrase, "rich as a nabob," and have perhaps wondered what a nabob had to do with riches. I will tell you. Under the Mogul Empire the provinces of India were administered by deputies called nawab, who commonly amassed great wealth and lived in much splendour. The title was used under British rule, but became gradually corrupted into nabob. In course ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... the company gain at last a certain foothold in the Mogul empire. The factors stationed at the new post reported that Surat was the best situation in India to vend English goods, particularly broadcloths, kerseys, quicksilver, lead, and vermilion, to be exchanged for indigo, calicoes, cotton yarn, and drugs, and added a list ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various


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