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
The Great Mogul diamond was apparently among the jewels thus despairingly bestowed upon his son by the enfeebled old king.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
His sons were put to death, and he was sent into exile, and the Great Mogul ceased to reign.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
India has three capitals—Delhi, where once reigned the Great Mogul, and which is still the centre of the Mohammedan faith; Benares, the Mecca of the Hindoos; and Calcutta, the capital of the modern British Empire.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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