The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moghul empire \Mo*ghul" empire\, Mogul empire \Mo*gul" empire\, prop. a. [See Mogul, n..] The empire created in India by invading Mongolians (Tatars), established under Baber, who conquered Hindustan in 1526. The establsihed religion of the empire was Mohammedanism. After the death of the Great Mogul Aurung-Zeb in 1707, power passed to the Mahrattas and the British. The empire existed only nominally in the early 1800's, and was finally abolished in 1857 by the deposing of the last emperor.
Usage examples of "mogul empire".
Here they sold the remainder of the ivory in Bombay where the English East India Company had its headquarters, and in the other markets of the western ports of the crumbling Mogul empire.
Lakesh had described the ancient walled temple as being made of blocks of red sandstone, constructed to serve as a palace during the days of the Mogul Empire.