"Akbar the Great (1542-1605), widely considered the greatest of the Mughal emperors, was only 14 when he ascended the throne in Delhi, following the death of his father Humayun. He was descended from Turks, Mongols, and Iranians." This clip looks at his magnificent capital of Fatehpur Sikri. "The Mughal Empire was an Islamic imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century."