Renaissance · South Asia · Politics
1557
Akbar's Uncle Bairam Khan Regent
1557
The young Akbar's regent Bairam Khan imposed discipline on Mughal nobles, crushed Sikandar Shah Suri at Mankot, and consolidated Punjab, Delhi, and Agra under Mughal rule. His high-handed style would soon alienate the teenage emperor, who dismissed him three years later in a decisive assertion of independence. Akbar's dismissal of Bairam Khan three years later marked his transition from puppet emperor to assertive ruler.
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.