Humanyun Gk Notes


Full Name: - Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humanyun

Father: - Babur

Birth: - 1508 in kabul

Got Throne: - 1530, Agra

Contemporary: - guru Angad dev ji

His three Brothers:- Kamran, Askari, Hindal.



Important points
·         At the age of 12 he became the governor of badakashan.
·         Built city dinpanah near Delhi as his second capital.
·         His biography “humayun nama”  was written by his sister gulbadan begum.

Died:
·         Died: - 1556 by fall from the first floor of his library building situated in sher mandal, purana qila, Delhi.
·         His tomb is in Delhi, built by his wife banu begum.
·         his tomb is called “The prototype of taj mahal”. It has double dome of marble, while the central dome is octagonal.

Battles:
Battle of daurah(1532):-
Between humayun and mahmood lodi, afgan of bihar.
Humayun won.

Siege of Chunar (1532):-
chunar fort was known as gateway esterner India.
He captured the chunar fort which was under the sher shah suri.
they make treaty and humayun gave chunar fort to ser shah.
After 6 month humayun broke treaty and again caputre the chunar fort.

Battle of chausa(1539):-
Humayun was defeted by sher shah suri
humayun escaped.
Sher shah capture the fort of gaur.
Fought at the bank of karmanasa river(A tributary of Ganga).

Battle of Kanauj or bilgram(1540):-
Between humayun and sher shah
Sher shah won.

·         After the battle of kanauj humayun escaped from India to sindh.
·         In sindh the king of amarkot(or Umerkot) rana parsad, gave shelter to him.
·         During his exile he met Hamida banu begum and married her, who gave birth to Akbar.
·         He stayed amarkot for 2 years.
·         He gave his son(Akbar) to his brother kamran and Finally he left India in 1543 and went to Iran(Persia).
·         King of iran “Shah Tahmsaps” gave shelter to him for 12 year.
·         With the help of Iran king he came back
·         sher shah was already died(1545) when he reached Delhi.
·         Sher Shah's granderson sikander sur was on throne.

Battle of sarhind(1555):
Between humayun and sikander sur.
Humanyun won
Sikander sur escaped from battle.







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