What is Mughal dynasty?
{{merge|Mughal Empire|date=March 2018}} [[File:Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire.svg|thumb|Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire]] The '''Mughal dynasty''' ({{lang-fa|{{Nastaliq|دودمان مغل}}}}; {{transliteration|fa|Dudmân-e Mughal}}) was an Indian imperial [[dynasty]],<ref>{{cite book|quote=The Mughals were an Indian Islamic dynasty which ruled most of northern India (including the area of present-day Pakistan) from the beginning of the six- teenth to the mid-eighteenth century.|first=Andrew|last=Petersen|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Dictionary_of_Islamic_Architecture/9A-EAgAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Dictionary of Islamic Architecture|page=198}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|quote=From the time of Akbar, who resurrected the Mughal polity, to the last formidable Mughal ruler Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Mughal preoccupation with the Deccan was the single most important sign of the fact that these Timurids had become an Indian dynasty.|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Limits_of_Universal_Rule/eyoNEAAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=The Limits of Universal Rule Eurasian Empires Compared|page=276}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|quote=Babur, the founder of the Indian Mughal dynasty, was born in the Ferghana Valley.|first=Djoomart |last=Otorbaev|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Central_Asia_s_Economic_Rebirth_in_the_S/TEuhEAAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Central Asia's Economic Rebirth in the Shadow of the New Great Game|page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|quote=As the 17th century unfolded, the Safavid rulers not only had the Ottomans to contend with, but also the new Russian Mus- covy that had deposed of the Golden Horde and expanded to Safavid borders, as well as the Indian Mughal Dynasty that had expanded through Afghanistan and into Iranian territory.|first=John |last=Lorentz|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_A_to_Z_of_Iran/oV9WwxXbCB8C?hl=en|title=The A to Z of Iran|page=283}}</ref> which comprised the members of the imperial '''House of Babur''' ({{lang-fa|{{Nastaliq|خاندانِ آلِ بابُر}}}}; {{transliteration|fa|Khāndān-e-Āl-e-