Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Akbar across 6 places, from 1542 to 1605.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, –), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Akbar was documented, and when
15 October 1542exact date
Umarkot Fortattested“Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar was born to them the next year on 15 October 1542 (the fifth day of Rajab, 949 AH) at the Rajput Fortress of Amarkot in Rajputana (in modern-day Sindh), where his parents had been given refuge by the local Hin…”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
January 1564month
Delhiattested“In January 1564, an assassin shot an arrow at Akbar, which pierced his right shoulder, as he was returning from a visit to the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin near Delhi.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1566year
Punjabattested“In 1566, Akbar moved to meet the forces of his brother, Muhammad Hakim, who had marched into the Punjab with the intention of seizing the imperial throne.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1599year
Agraattested“In 1599, Akbar moved his capital back to Agra, where he ruled until his death.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1605year
Bay of Bengalattested“"By the time of his death in 1605, Akbar controlled a broad sweep of territory from the Bay of Bengal to Kandahar and Badakshan.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1605year
Kandaharattested“"By the time of his death in 1605, Akbar controlled a broad sweep of territory from the Bay of Bengal to Kandahar and Badakshan.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
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1555year
Meccamentioned“Bairam Khan was assassinated on his way to Mecca, by a group of Afghans led by Mubarak Khan Lohani, whose father had been killed while fighting with the Mughals at the Battle of Machhiwara in 1555.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1555year
Battle of Machhiwaramentioned“Bairam Khan was assassinated on his way to Mecca, by a group of Afghans led by Mubarak Khan Lohani, whose father had been killed while fighting with the Mughals at the Battle of Machhiwara in 1555.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1555year
The Mughalmentioned“In 1555, while Akbar was still a child, the Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis visited the Mughal Emperor Humayun.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
5 November 1556exact date
Second Battle of Panipatmentioned“His army, led by Bairam Khan, defeated Hemu and the Sur army on 5 November 1556 at the Second Battle of Panipat, north of Delhi.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1560year
Meccamentioned“Urged on by his foster mother, Maham Anga, and other relatives, Akbar dismissed Bairam Khan following a dispute at court in the spring of 1560 and ordered him to leave on Hajj to Mecca.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1561year
Agramentioned“When Adham Khan confronted Akbar following another dispute in late 1561, the emperor threw him from a terrace into the palace courtyard at Agra.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
6 February 1562exact date
Amer, Indiamentioned“They got married on 6 February 1562 at the imperial military camp in Sambhar, Rajasthan, near Amer, and became one of Akbar's chief consorts.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
6 February 1562exact date
Sambhar, Rajasthanmentioned“They got married on 6 February 1562 at the imperial military camp in Sambhar, Rajasthan, near Amer, and became one of Akbar's chief consorts.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1564year
Malwamentioned“When a powerful clan of Uzbek chiefs broke out in rebellion in 1564, Akbar routed them in Malwa and then Bihar.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1564year
Mughalsmentioned“In 1564, Mughal forces began the conquest of Garha, a thinly populated, hilly area in central India that was of interest to the Mughals because of its herd of wild elephants.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1567year
Delhimentioned“In 1567, on the advice of Shaikh Abdu'n Nabi, he ordered the exhumation of Mir Murtaza Sharifi Shirazi – a Shia buried in Delhi – because of the grave's proximity to that of Amir Khusrau, arguing that a "heretic" could not be buried so c…”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1572year
Indian Oceanmentioned“In 1572, the Mughal Empire annexed Gujarat and acquired its first access to the sea, but local officials informed Akbar that the Portuguese had begun to exert control in the Indian Ocean.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1573year
Deccan Plateaumentioned“By 1573, he had driven out the Mirzas who, after offering token resistance, fled for refuge in the Deccan.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
1573year
Gujaratmentioned“In 1573, Akbar issued a firman directing Mughal administrative officials in Gujarat not to provoke the Portuguese in the territory they held in Daman.”source: Wikipedia: Akbar
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