{"slug": "akbar", "label": "Akbar", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8597", "qid": "Q8597", "description": "the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [1551, 1605], "span_label": ["1551 CE", "1605 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jahangir", "label": "Jahangir", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mughal-emperor", "label": "Mughal Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "uttar-pradesh", "label": "Uttar Pradesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi", "label": "Delhi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-amber", "label": "Kingdom of Amber", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "madhya-pradesh", "label": "Madhya Pradesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kashmir", "label": "Kashmir", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1551, "year_label": "1551 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar (d. 1602)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783865#Births", "title": "1551", "revid": 1352783865, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal army defeats the forces of Hemu and recaptures Delhi for the Mughal Empire, guaranteeing Akbar's rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#October–December", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mughal Emperor Akbar conquers Malwa, and its last Sultan, Baz Bahadur, flees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000458#Date_unknown", "title": "1562", "revid": 1362000458, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – In the Mughal Empire in India, the Emperor Akbar marries Mariam-uz-Zamani, daughter of Raja Bharmal, the ruler of the Kingdom of Amber. The marriage takes place in Sambhar in what is now the state of Rajasthan, where Akbar has stopped on his way back to the Mughal capital of Agra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000458#January–March", "title": "1562", "revid": 1362000458, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – In India Akbar, ruler of the Mughal Empire, defeats the rebellious governor of Malwa, Abdullah Khan Uzbeg. 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