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Chapter: 08. Babur Humayun And Sher Shah

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Babur inherited the small principality of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Central Asia in 1494 CE after his father’s death.
Farghana
In 1522 CE, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ invited Babur to invade India and help him overthrow Ibrahim Lodi.
Daulat Khan Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi and Babur came face-to-face in 1526 CE at the First Battle of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Panipat
Babur defeated the Rajput confederacy under Rana Sanga at the Battle of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in 1527 CE.
Khanwa
In 1528 CE, Babur laid siege to and captured the Rajput stronghold of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Malwa.
Chanderi
In 1529 CE, Babur defeated the rebellious Afghans of Bihar and Bengal in the Battle of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Ghagra
Babur’s memoirs, written in flawless Turkish, are titled the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Tuzuk-i-Baburi
During the reign of Akbar, Babur’s memoirs were translated into Persian and titled the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Baburnama
Humayun inherited a vast but weak empire stretching from Kabul in the west to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the east.
Bihar
Humayun abandoned the siege of the fort of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ after four months to deal with Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
Chunar
Humayun’s brother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ reached Agra during the Bengal campaign and declared himself emperor.
Hindal
Humayun escaped after his defeat at Chausa in 1539 CE by floating down the Ganga with the help of a water carrier’s inflated _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
water bag
After decisively defeating Humayun at the Battle of Kanauj in 1540 CE, Sher Khan assumed the title of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Sher Shah
Humayun’s son, Akbar, was born in 1542 CE at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Sind.
Amarkot
The detailed account of Humayun’s life, Humayunnama, was written by his sister _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Gulbadan Begum
Sher Shah Suri was originally named _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before receiving his title for killing a tiger.
Farid Khan
Sher Shah died in 1545 CE in an accidental gunpowder explosion during the siege of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Kalinjar
Sher Shah divided his empire into 47 provinces called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
sarkars
In Sher Shah’s local administration, the districts within a province were called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
parganas
The official responsible for law, order, and general administration in a pargana was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
shiqdar
The official who looked after civil cases and the collection of revenue in a pargana was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
munsif
Sher Shah kept in touch with the villages through local village officials called patwaris and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
muqaddams
Sher Shah revived Alauddin Khilji’s military system of branding horses, which was known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
dagh
The military practice of maintaining a descriptive roll of individual soldiers was called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
chehra
The longest and most important of the four major roads built by Sher Shah was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Road.
Grand Trunk
The rest houses built by Sher Shah along the roads at regular intervals were known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
sarais
Sarais along the roads were also used as mail posts, known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
dak chaukis
The standard silver coin issued by Sher Shah, which remained a standard currency for centuries, was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
rupia
Sher Shah introduced the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to serve as the official title deed of the land for peasants.
patta
The land agreement document signed by the peasants defining their mutual rights and duties with the government was called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
qubuliat
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