A Short History of the Mughal Empire

Part I: The Central Asia and Indian origins of the Mughal Empire, 1526-40, 1555-6. Babur until his conquest of North India in 1526 --
Indians and Emperor Babur create the Mughal Empire, 1526-30 --
Emperor Humayun and Indians, 1530-40, 1555-6 --
Part II: Establishment of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, 1556-1605. Emperor Akbar makes himself the center of the Mughal Empire --
Emperor Akbar and his core courtiers build the Mughal administration and army --
Emperor Akbar's courts, ideologies and wars, by main capital --
Part III: The Mughal Empire established, 1605-1707. Emperor Jahangir and the efflorescence of the Imperial Court, 1605-27 --
Emperor Shah Jahan and building up the Mughal Empire, 1628-58/66 --
Expanding the frontiers and facing challenges under Emperor 'Alamgir, 1658-1707 --
Part IV: The fragmentation and memory of the Mughal Empire, 1707-the present. The thinning of the empire, 1707-1857 --
Contested meanings of the Mughal Empire into the twenty-first century.