Mughal

[ moo-guhl ]

/ ˈmu gəl /

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noun, adjective

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Words nearby Mughal

mugger, mugging, muggins, muggle, muggy, Mughal, mugho pine, mug punter, mug's game, mug shot, mug up

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How to use Mughal in a sentence

The name of my city was changed from the Mughal-era Allahabad to Prayagraj.
Bulldozers Have Razed My Home, and Broken the Back of India’s Muslims. Does the World Care?|Afreen Fatima|July 5, 2022|Time
We have seen an AI producing images in the style of a Mughal painting of a computer trying to persuade a crowd of wise men that it has become sentient, and deep fakes of rapper Kendrick Lamar as OJ Simpson.
AI Shakespeare and AI Oscar Wilde Debate Machine Creativity at Oxford|Alex Connock|June 19, 2022|Singularity Hub
The guidebooks tell one story of Delhi: the beautiful Mughal gardens and the city snapped from a rickshaw.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital|William O’Connor|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Events are held on the sprawling grounds of the Diggi Palace, under great Mughal-style tents decorated with colorful streamers.
Jaipur Literary Festival Draws Controversy|Nisid Hajari|January 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST

None the less there are two ways in which Mughal painting, as developed under Akbar, contributed to the Krishna story.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer
In none of these provincial Mughal pictures is there any feeling for Krishna as God or even as a character.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer
Krishna in a flowing dhoti wanders in meadows gay with feathered trees while Radha and her confidante appear in Mughal garb.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer
From then onwards Mughal painting, as it developed under the emperor Shah Jahan, concentrated on more courtly themes.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer
An arrow transfixes his right foot while the hunter, dressed as a courtier in Mughal dress, is shown releasing the bow.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer

British Dictionary definitions for Mughal

Mughal

/ (ˈmuːɡɑːl) /

noun

a variant spelling of Mogul

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