Mughal
Americannoun
noun
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“Without laborers,” she writes, “who were often illiterate and almost never speak for themselves in historical texts—there would have been no Mughal Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
A recent revision of history textbooks has pruned chapters on the Mughal era, the Muslim dynasty that came from central Asia and ruled swaths of northern India for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Rihanna shook a leg with Bollywood's biggest celebrities, while the Ambani women flashed diamonds and jewellery once part of the Mughal empire's collection.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024
Chinoiserie, Persian gardens, Mughal painting motifs and art from Japan’s Edo period all make an appearance in Liberty of London’s Botanical Atlas collection.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024
The couples in the Mughal miniatures had modestly covered themselves in shadow.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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