What is Humayun?
{{BLP unsourced|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Humayun | title = [[Mirza]] | image =Mughal Emperor Humayun (Mughal art, circa 1650).jpg | caption = The Mughal Emperor Humayun | succession = [[File:Fictional flag of the Mughal Empire.svg|border|33x30px]] 2nd [[Mughal Emperor]] | reign = 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540 <br>22 February 1555 – 27 January 1556 | coronation = 29 December 1530 [[Agra]] | predecessor = [[Babur]] | successor = [[Akbar]] | spouses = Haji Begum<br>Bega Begum<br>[[Hamida Banu Begum]]<br>Bigeh Begum<br>Mah-chuchak<br>Miveh Jan<br>Shahzadi Khanum | issue = [[Akbar]], son<br> [[Mirza Muhammad Hakim]], son<br> Aqiqeh Begum, daughter<br> Bakshi Banu Begum, daughter<br> [[Bakht-un-Nisa]] Begum, daughter | dynasty = [[Mughal Empire Mughal]] | father = [[Zahir-ud-din Muhammad]] | mother = [[Maham Begum]] | birthdate = {{birth date|1508|3|6|df=y}} | birthplace = [[Kabul]], modern-day [[Afghanistan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1556|1|27|1508|3|6|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Delhi]] | burial_place = [[Humayun's Tomb]] | religion = [[Sunni Islam]] }} '''Mirza Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun''' (6 March 1508 - 27 January 1556) was the second [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]]. He ruled [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], and parts of northern [[India]] from [[1530]] to 1540. He was the son of the previous emperor, [[Babur]]. His son was [[Akbar]], one of the most famous emperors in Mughal history. == Military campaigns == In 1532, Humayun and Sher Shah Suri clashed on the battlefield. Humayun won the battle and captured Chunar. In 1534, Humayun defeated Bahadur Shah and captured Gujrat. Sher Shah meanwhile regrouped and defeated Humayun, at Chausa in 1539. In 1555, Humayun returned to India and defeated the succesor of Sher Shah, Islam Shah and regained India. '''<big><u>War with Bahadur Shah</u></big>''' [[In]] 1531, Bahadur Shah Zafar overran Malwa and the next year he turned to Mewar. Humayun marched against Bahadur Shah and easily defeated his forces. Bahadur Shah fled to Ahmedab