OCR GCSE History B: World period study — The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707

What is included

What this course covers

• Section 1 — The First Mughal Emperors, 1526–1556

  • 1.1 – Babur and his invasion of northern India: the beginning of the Mughal Empire, 1526–1530
  • 1.2 – The nature of the prize: northern India and its people c.1530
  • 1.3 – Humayun, his struggle to retain control, and the condition of the Mughal Empire by 1556

• Section 2 — Akbar, 1556–1605

  • 2.1 – Akbar and the extension of the Mughal Empire during his reign, 1556–1605
  • 2.2 – Akbar’s court and his imperial administration
  • 2.3 – Akbar’s search for knowledge and his religious policies

• Section 3 — Jahangir, 1605–1627

  • 3.1 – Jahangir, the influence of his wife Nur Jahan, and the impact of their rule
  • 3.2 – The Mughal economy and European traders
  • 3.3 – Jahangir’s patronage of painting and the development of the Mughal miniature

• Section 4 — Shah Jahan, 1627–1658

  • 4.1 – Shah Jahan, the luxury of his court and the nature of his rule
  • 4.2 – Shah Jahan’s patronage of building including the Taj Mahal and his new capital in Delhi
  • 4.3 – Wars to extend the empire and the war of succession between Dara and Aurangzeb

• Section 5 — Aurangzeb 1658–1707

  • 5.1 – Aurangzeb and the impact of his religious piety
  • 5.2 – Aurangzeb’s campaigns against the Marathas in the Deccan from 1681 and their consequences
  • 5.3 – The condition of the Mughal Empire at Aurangzeb’s death in 1707

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