Military of the Mughal Empire

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Mughal army elephants, 964 × 1503 pixels :

Source : Peter Dennis illustrations for Osprey book "War Elephants"

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Armor and arms of a Mughal archer :

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[kobiraaz]

they used metal coat on elephant first during Akbar's era.

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Mughal war elephant :



This is a 120mm size resin miniature.

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Its a Rajput soldier not mughal.

[Water Car Engineer]

Timur's invasion of Northern India








Early Mughals




Middle Mughals



The Rajput armor here is similar to other Mughal armor.

[Water Car Engineer]

Mughals continued Indian trend of poorly arming most infantry. Quantity over quality..

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Mughal elephants in battle c.1595-1600 :





A battle scene with combatants mounted on elephants and horses, in the background a fortress on fire with further troops fighting on foot: illustration from a manuscript of the Akbarnama, Mughal, c.1595 - 1600 gouache with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with margins ruled in blue and gold.

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Mughal Fighting Elephant Fragment
Lahore, circa 1630 (+ or - 15 years).



Previously in the Sarre Collection, now in the collection of the Textile Museum Washington, DC.

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Siege of Ranthambhore :



circa 1590. Victoria and Albert Museum , London.

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A late-Mughal sword, or talwar :

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Bullocks dragging siege-guns up hill during Akbar's attack on Ranthambhor Fort, Rajasthan in 1568 :

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Battle Scene with Boats on the Ganges :

This painting by the Mughal court artists Tulsi the Elder and Jagjivan from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) depicts Shuja’at Khan pursuing Asaf Khan on the River Ganges in north-east India. The image shows the two boats filled with gun bearing men confronting each other. Asaf Khan was vizier to the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605). He was also a highly effective military leader but, for reasons that are obscure in the text of the Akbarnama, kept treasure that the Mughal forces had seized during a successful campaign in 1565. He tried to flee with his supporters across the Ganges, where Akbar’s forces, led by the general Shuja’at Khan, caught up with him. A fierce confrontation followed, depicted in this illustration, but Asaf Khan escaped. In 1567, he sent messengers to the court asking for forgiveness, which was granted.