Great Mogul
Americannoun
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the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
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(lowercase) an important or distinguished person.
noun
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Reason: India's Great Mogul, tired of English pirates, had threatened to drive out the East India Co. from his domain unless some scapegoats were hanged.
From Time Magazine Archive
Akbar, a contemporary of Shakespeare, ruled as a Moslem-invader emperor, was India's first Great Mogul.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the account of Queen Victoria's diamond, the Koh-i-nûr, we made acquaintance with the court of Delhi; to its complicated records we must return for the Great Mogul.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
In “The Adventures of Count O’Connor” at the Court of the Great Mogul, the author has found a theme exactly fitted to his delightful humour and vivacity.
From Psyche by Louis Couperus
Perhaps one gets a yet stronger impression of the magnificence of the Great Mogul in a visit to the Summer Palace of Akbar at Futtehpore-Sikri, so called from two villages embraced in the royal retreat.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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