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  1. 1. 1Mehta, Jaswant Lal (1981). _Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India_. Vol.II (1st ed.). Sterling Publishers. p.108. OCLC221798951.

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  2. 2. ↑The Humayun-Nama (The History of Humayun) by Gulbadan Begum

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  3. 3. ↑The Akbarnama by Abu'l-Fazl

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  4. 4. ↑Ray, Sukumar (1948). Humayun in Persia. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal.Reference: Pages 25–45 (Negotiations at the Safavid Court) and Pages 58–63 (The Reversion).

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  5. 5. ↑Mitchiner, M. 1977. _Oriental coins and their values: The world of Islam_. London: Hawkins Publications. p. 378.

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  6. 6. ↑Prasad, Ishwari (1955). _The Life and Times of Humayun_. Orient Longmans. p.1-Footnotes.

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  7. 7. ↑Fazl, Abul (1907). _The Akbarnama of Abu'l Fazl_. Vol.I. Translated by Henry Beveridge. The Asiatic Society. p.285.

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  8. 8. ↑Sharaf Al-Din: "Zafar-nama".

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  9. 9. ↑Soucek, Svat (2000). _A History of Inner Asia_. Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-65704-4.

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  10. 10. ↑William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Peter Avery, Lawrence Lockhart, John Andrew Boyle, Ilya Gershevitch, Richard Nelson Frye, Charles Melville, Gavin Hambly, _The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume VI_ (1986), pp. 99–101

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  11. 11. ↑Roy, S. (1974). "Humayun". In Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra (ed.). _The History and Culture of the Indian People_. Vol.VII. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p.65.

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  12. 12. ↑"Babur and Humayun with Courtiers, from the Late Shah Jahan Album". _Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art_. The first Mughal emperor, Babur, who reigned from 1526 to 1530, is shown seated on the right with his son and successor, Humayun.

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  13. 13. ↑Keay, John (2000). _India: A History_. London: HarperCollins. p.298. ISBN0002557177.

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  14. 14. ↑Banerji 1938

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  15. 15. ↑Honchell, Stephanie (August 2010). _Pursuing pleasure, attaining oblivion: the roles and uses of intoxicants at the Mughal court_ (M.A.). University of Louisville. doi:10.18297/etd/628. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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  16. 16. ↑V. D. Mahajan (2007). _History of Medieval India_. S. Chand. p.25. ISBN9788121903646.

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  17. 17. ↑Richards 1993, p.10

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  18. 18. ↑Gascoigne 1971, pp.50–51

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  19. 19. ↑Eaton, Richard Maxwell (2019). _India in the Persianate age, 1000-1765_. University of California Press. p.208. ISBN978-0-520-97423-4.

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  20. 20. 1Gascoigne 1971, p.50: "Hindal

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  21. 21. ↑Gascoigne 1971, pp.50

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  22. 22. ↑Gascoigne 1971, pp.50–51: "Humayun's brief advance brought his army out of its prepared defensive position, and Sher Shah, having withdrawn a few miles, returned at night to find the Mogul camp asleep and unprepared. The emperor himself escaped only because one of his water-bearers inflated his water-skin with air for Humayun to hold in his arms and float across the Ganges

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  23. 23. ↑Ruby Lal (22 September 2005). _Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World_. Cambridge University Press. p.64. ISBN978-0-521-85022-3.

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  24. 24. ↑Sen, Sailendra Nath (2013). _A Textbook of Medieval Indian History_. Primus Books. p.154. ISBN978-93-80607-34-4. Kamran withdrew from Agra to Lahore.

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  25. 25. ↑Gascoigne 1971, pp.47, 52

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  26. 26. 1Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis (2014). _The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies_ (First ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.41. ISBN9780191004124.

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  27. 27. ↑Singh, Ajit (2005). _Suraj Prakash Granth part 5 ras 4_. p.177. ISBN81-7601-685-3.

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  28. 28. ↑Singh, Gurpreet (2001). _Ten Masters_. New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. p.53. ISBN9788171829460.

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  29. 29. ↑Sarwani, Abbas Khan (2006). _Tareekh-i- Sher Shahi_. Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-i-Meel Publishers. ISBN978-9693518047.

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  30. 30. ↑Humayun, Mirza Nasir al-Din Muhammad (14 March 2024). "Humayun". _Encyclopædia Britannica_.

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  31. 31. ↑Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, ch. 29, 194–95 in Henry Beveridge trans.; Henry Sullivan Jarrett and Jadunath Sarkar, eds., _The Akbar Nāmā of Abu-l-Fazl,_ Volume 1 (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1907), pp. 395–96. Jadunath's editorial footnote adds, "This lady went, after her husband's death, to Mecca in company with Gulbadan Begam and others in 1574." (396) Akbar himself remained between Kandahar and Kabul until 1551, the year of his first marriage and imperial appointment, in Ghazni; see Mehta, Jaswant Lal (1984) First published 1981. _Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India_. Vol.II (2nd ed.). Sterling Publishers. p.189. ISBN978-81-207-1015-3. OCLC1008395679.

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  32. 32. ↑Ikram, S. M. (1964). "X. The Establishment of the Mughal Empire". _Muslim Civilization in India_. New York: Columbia University Press. He

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  33. 33. ↑Rapson, Edward James; Haig, Sir Wolseley; Burn, Sir Richard (1968). _The Cambridge History of India_. Vol.5. Cambridge University Press Archive. The tomb was built by Humayun's widow, Haji Begum, who shared his long exile at the court of the Safavids.

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  34. 34. ↑Eraly, Abraham (2000). _Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Mughals_. Penguin Books India. ISBN978-0-14-100143-2.

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  35. 35. ↑Richards 1993, p.11: "At the Safavid court, Humayun, under extreme duress, accepted the Shia faith in order to keep himself and several hundred followers alive. After this initial test, Tahmasp grew more friendly and eventually agreed to underwrite Humayun's attempt to regain power."

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  36. 36. ↑Parodi, Laura E.; Wannell, Bruce (2011). "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting". _www.asianart.com_.

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  37. 37. 1Majumdar, R. C. (1974). _The Mughal Empire_. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p.59.

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  38. 38. ↑Tripathi, Ram Prasad (1998). "The Turko-Mongol Theory of Kingship". In Alam, Muzaffar; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (eds.). _The Mughal State 1526–1750_. Oxford University Press. p.124. ISBN0-19-563905-7.

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  39. 39. ↑Husain, Afzal; Husan, Afzal (1981). "LIBERTY AND RESTRAINT—A STUDY OF SHIAISM IN THE MUGIAL NOBILITY". _Proceedings of the Indian History Congress_. **42**: 276. JSTOR44141140.

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  40. 40. ↑Panag, H. S. (18 March 2018). "Battles for India at Sirhind". _The Times of India_. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

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  41. 41. ↑Toler, Pamela D. (February 2011). "An Untimely Death". _Calliope_. **21** (5): 3 – via EBSCOhost.

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  42. 42. ↑Powlett, P. W. (1878). _Gazetteer of Ulwur_. London: Trübner & Co. pp.7–8.

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  43. 43. ↑Prasad, Ishwari (1976). _The Life and Times of Humayun_. Central Book Depot.

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  44. 44. ↑Begum 1902, p.218.

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  45. 45. ↑Begum 1902, p.230.

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  46. 46. ↑Mukhia 2004, p.124.

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  47. 47. ↑Begum 1902, p.263.

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  48. 48. ↑Begum 1902, pp.237, 240, 241.

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  49. 49. ↑Begum 1902, p.260.

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  50. 50. ↑Begum 1902, pp.189, 248.

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  51. 51. ↑Begum 1902, p.131.

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  52. 52. ↑Begum 1902, p.136.

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  53. 53. ↑Begum 1902, p.282.

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  54. 54. ↑Begum 1902, p.146.

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  55. 55. ↑Lal, Muni (1980). _Akbar_. Vikas. p.7. ISBN978-0-7069-1076-6.

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  56. 56. ↑"Portrait of Mirza Muhammad Hakim". _collections.mfa.org_. MFA Boston.

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  57. 57. ↑Begum 1902, p.208.

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  58. 58. 1Begam, Gulbaden (1902). Beveridge, Annette Susannah (ed.). _The history of Humāyūn (Humāyūn-nāma)_. London: Royal Asiatic Society. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

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  59. 59. ↑Begum 1902, p.214.

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  60. 60. ↑Begum 1902, p.184.

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  61. 61. ↑Begum 1902, p.275.

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  62. 62. ↑Begum 1902, p.206.

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  63. 63. ↑Begum 1902, p.248.

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  64. 64. ↑Holden, Edward S. (2004) 1895. _Mughal Emperors of Hindustan (1398–1707)_. New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Service. pp.123–127. ISBN978-81-206-1883-1.

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  65. 65. ↑Lane-Poole, Stanley (1903). _Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule (712–1764)_. New York, US: G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp.230–237.

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  66. 66. ↑Eraly, Abraham. _Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors_, Phoenix House, 2005. ISBN0-7538-1758-6, p. 45.

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  67. 67. ↑Smith, Vincent Arthur (1958) First published 1917. _Akbar: The Great Mogul 1542–1605_ (2nd ed.). S. Chand & Co. pp.21–22.

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  68. 68. ↑Kamiya, Takeo. "Humayun's Tomb in Delhi". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

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  69. 69. ↑Banerji 1938, pp.97, 232

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  70. 70. ↑Burke, S. M. (1989). _Akbar, the Greatest Mogul_. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p.191. OCLC243709755. The mausoleum which Haji Begum built at Delhi to shelter her late husband's mortal remains

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  71. 71. ↑Eraly, Abraham (2007). _The Mughal world: Life in India's Last Golden Age_. Penguin Books. p.369. ISBN978-0-14-310262-5.

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  72. 72. ↑Henderson, Carol E. (2002). _Culture and Customs of India_. Greenwood Press. p.90. ISBN978-0-313-30513-9. After Mughal emperor Humayan's death in 1556, his wife, Hajji Begum, assembled a team of architects and builders to create a grand tomb in Delhi. She placed the tomb in a grid with a garden. This setting became a signature of Mughal architecture and is most perfectly realized in the Taj Mahal.

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  73. 73. ↑"Mausoleum that Humayun never built". _The Hindu_. 28 April 2003. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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  74. 74. ↑The Humayun Namah, by Gulbadan Begam, a study site by Deanna Ramsay

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  75. 75. ↑Bengali: trans by Pradosh Chattopadhyay, 2006, pub. Chirayata Prokashan, ISBN81-85696-66-7

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  76. 76. ↑Faruqui, Munis D. (2012). _The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719_. Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-1-107-02217-1.

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  77. 77. ↑Richards 1993, pp.6–17.

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  78. * Gascoigne, Bamber (1971). _The Great Moghuls_. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN978-006-011467-1.

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  79. * Mukhia, Harbans (2004). _The Mughals of India_. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN978-0-631-18555-0.

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  80. * Richards, John F. (1993). Johnson, Gordon (ed.). _The Mughal Empire_. The New Cambridge History of India. Vol.I.5. Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-25119-8.

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