Jalal-ud-din Muhammad
Akbar
Padishah
Govardhan. Akbar With Lion and Calf ca. 1630, Metmuseum (cropped).jpg
Akbar by Govardhan,c. 1630
3rd Mughal Emperor
Reign11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605
Coronation14 February 1556
PredecessorHumayun
SuccessorJahangir
RegentBairam Khan (1556–1560)
BornJalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar
25 October 1542
Amarkot, Rajputana (present-day Umerkot, Sindh, Pakistan)
Died27 October 1605(1605-10-27)(aged 63)
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Mughal Empire (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
BurialNovember 1605
Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra, Agra
Consorts
  • Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
    (m. 1556)
  • Salima Sultan Begum
    (m. 1561)
  • Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum
    (m. 1562)
Wives
  • Raj Kunwari
    (m. 1570)
  • Nathi Bai
    (m. 1570)
  • Bhakkari Begum
    (m. 1572)
  • Qasima Banu Begum
    (m. 1575)
  • Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum
  • Bibi Daulat Shad
  • Rukmavati
  • several others
Issue
Detail
  • Hassan Mirza
  • Hussain Mirza
  • Jahangir
  • Shahzada Khanam
  • Murad Mirza
  • Shakr-un-Nissa Begum
  • Daniyal Mirza
  • Aram Banu Begum
Names
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar
Posthumous name
Arsh-Ashyani (lit.'One who nests on the divine throne')
HouseHouse of Babur
DynastyTimurid dynasty
FatherHumayun
MotherHamida Banu Begum
ReligionSunni Islam, Din-e-Illahi