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Mughals were famous for having very cool names. Akbar - means son of God Shah Jahan - king of the world Alamgir - One who snatched the world for himself Sha
by jimmyed 6y ago
Mughals were famous for having very cool names.
Akbar - means son of God
Shah Jahan - king of the world
Alamgir - One who snatched the world for himself
Shah Alam - king of the universe
Bahadur Shah Zafar - Brave, victorious King
- pradn 6y agoTo add: these were regnal names, taken after their ascension to the throne. For example, Jahangir was known as Salim before becoming emperor.
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- jimmyed 6y agoOne can only wonder what Mirza Dara Sukoh would have called himself.
- smusamashah 6y agoAkbar means Big or Bigger, not the Son of God. Asghar on the other hand means Small or Smaller. Alam means world/universe so these make sense though.
- jimmyed 6y agoHmm, you are right. Akbar is "great", "big" etc. I know the Padshah was also called "Shadow of God on Earth" - do you happen to know the Farsi for that?
- smusamashah 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padishah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padishah I speak Urdu being from Pakistan and don't know much Persian apart from what I learnt as a kid.