Humāyūn regained his throne in 1555, 10 years after Shēr Shah’s death. Soon Humāyūn had to leave India for Afghanistan and Iran, where the shah lent him some troops. His father, Humāyūn, driven from his capital of Delhi by the Afghan usurper Shēr Shah of Sūr, was vainly trying to establish his authority in the Sindh region (now Sindh province, Pakistan). Among his ancestors were Timur (Tamerlane) and Genghis Khan. Early lifeĪbū al-Fatḥ Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar was descended from Turks, Mongols, and Iranians-the three peoples who predominated in the political elites of northern India in medieval times. Illiterate himself, he encouraged scholars, poets, painters, and musicians, making his court a centre of culture.
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