That boy was Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar. After Humayun’s sudden death, 13-year-old Akbar became emperor. And it was Akbar who would go on to shape the Mughal Empire in ways no one could have ...

Pushed onto the royal Mughal throne at the tender age of 14, Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, more commonly known as ‘Akbar the Great’ soon claimed imperial power and stretched the ...