Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born in Umerkot, Sindh, in 1542.
Akbar was the Mughal dynasty's third emperor. He ruled from 1556 until 1605, extending Mughal control across the majority of the Indian subcontinent. He was given the name Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad at birth. Jalal ud-din Ayatollah Jalal ud-din On October 15, 1542, Muhammad Akbar was born at the Rajput Fortress of Umerkot. He was Humayan, the son of the Mughal emperor. He spent his childhood learning to hunt, run, and battle, with little time to read or write. He was the only major Mughal king who could not read or write. He died on October 27, 1605 in Fatehpur Sikri. He was laid to rest in Sikandra, Agra. Jahangir, his son, succeeded him.
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