Part I: The Central Asian and Indian Origins of the Mughal Empire 1. Babur Until His Conquest of North India in 1526 2. Indians and Emperor Babur Create the Mughal Empire, 1526-30 3. Emperor Humayun and Indians, 1530-40, 1555-6 Part II: Establishment of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, 1556-1605 4. Emperor Akbar Makes Himself the Center of the Mughal Empire 5. Emperor Akbar and His Core Courtiers Build the Mughal Administration and Army 6. Emperor Akbar's Courts, Ideologies and Wars, by Main Capital Part III: The Mughal Empire Established, 1605-1707 7. Emperor Jahangir and the Efflorescence of the Imperial Court, 1605-27 8. Emperor Shah Jahan and Building Up the Mughal Empire, 1628-58/66 9. Expanding the Frontiers and Facing Challenges under Emperor 'Alamgir, 1658-1707 Part IV: The Fragmentation and Memory of the Mughal Empire, 1707-the Present 10. The Thinning of the Empire, 1707-1857 11. Contested Meanings of the Mughal Empire into the Twenty-first Century
