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Who wrote itRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mughal court bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near which river in northern Mongolia?Read the answer and worked solution →What was Genghis Khan's birth name?Read the answer and worked solution →Temujin's father Yesugei was chieftain of which group of families?Read the answer and worked solution →Which blood-brother of Temujin later became his hostile foe?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did an assembly proclaim Temujin the Great Khan, Genghis Khan?Read the answer and worked solution →The assembly of Mongol chieftains that took collective decisions was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty of the Jurchen ruled north China from Peking when Genghis Khan attacked?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongols sacked Peking in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ruler of Khwarazm executed Mongol envoys and provoked Genghis Khan's invasion?Read the answer and worked solution →A Mongol prince died besieging which city, so Genghis ordered it laid waste?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad fell to the Mongols in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the banks of which river did Genghis Khan drop the idea of returning home through North India?Read the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan died in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest Mongol army unit of about 10,000 soldiers was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which eldest son of Genghis Khan received the Russian steppes as his ulus?Read the answer and worked solution →Ogodei, chosen to succeed as Great Khan, set his capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol courier system of fresh mounts at spaced outposts was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Nomads gave a tenth of their herds for the courier system under which levy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which underground canals of the Iranian plateau fell into disrepair after the Mongol campaigns?Read the answer and worked solution →Travellers in the Mongol realm carried a safe-conduct pass called in Persian the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol Yuan dynasty in China ended in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan seized Delhi and Agra in 1526?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Genghis Khan's sonsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mongol termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mongol datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the cities that fellRead the answer and worked solution →Steppe or settledRead the answer and worked solution →

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Items
  1. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Akbar Nama
  2. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Ain-i Akbari
  3. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Sulh-i kul
  4. Group
    Lahori
    Item
    Badshah Nama
  5. Group
    Lahori
    Item
    Two daftars
  6. Group
    Gulbadan
    Item
    Humayun Nama
  7. Group
    Gulbadan
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    Babur's girl
Groups
  1. Item
    Abu'l Fazl
  2. Item
    Lahori
  3. Item
    Gulbadan
Instructions
Drop each text onto its author.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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Type the number

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1526
    Question
    Year Babur entered India
  2. Answer
    1564
    Question
    Year jizya was abolished by Akbar
  3. Answer
    13
    Question
    Years Abu'l Fazl spent on the Akbar Nama
  4. Answer
    60
    Question
    Bells on Jahangir's Chain of Justice
  5. Answer
    150
    Question
    Paintings per illustrated chronicle on average
  6. Answer
    1622
    Question
    Year Persians took Qandahar
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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Mughal court bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    What the Mughals called themselves.
    Item
    Timurids
  2. Clue
    Persian Mahabharata.
    Item
    Razmnama
  3. Clue
    Akbar's favourite script.
    Item
    Nastaliq
  4. Clue
    Absolute peace among faiths.
    Item
    Sulh-i kul
  5. Clue
    Balcony for morning darshan.
    Item
    Jharoka
  6. Clue
    Rank number for status.
    Item
    Zat
  7. Clue
    Envoy who asked for a chair.
    Item
    Thomas Roe
  8. Clue
    Fort lost to Persia in 1622.
    Item
    Qandahar
  9. Clue
    Hall of interfaith debate.
    Item
    Ibadat khana
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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