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Mugging
Mugging: informal term for robbery, the theft from a person using force or threat of force, typically street robbery. Not a legal offence in English law; entered British usage after the 1972 Arthur Hills killing and analyzed by Hall et al. as a moral panic.
Muggins
Muggins, also called All Fives or Five Up, is a Fives-family domino game for 2–4 players with a double-six set, scoring multiples of five on the open ends, played to 200 or 250 points.
Muggle
Muggle is J.K. Rowling's coinage from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) for a person with no magical powers; added to the OED in 2003, it now also informally means someone lacking a skill, with No-Maj as its American equivalent.
MUGGLE study
MUGGLE (NCT05616273) is a completed University of Exeter observational study of 62 people with type 1 diabetes testing whether stimulated glucagon after a mixed meal or arginine predicts hypoglycemia risk.
Muggsy Bogues
Muggsy Bogues (Tyrone Bogues), born 1965 in Baltimore, is a retired NBA point guard, the shortest player in league history at 5'3", an original Charlotte Hornet and its all-time assists and steals leader.
Mughal annexation of Bijapur
The Mughal annexation of Bijapur was the conquest and absorption of the Adil Shahi Sultanate by Emperor Aurangzeb, who took the capital after a siege in 1685 and 1686.
Mughal annexation of Golconda
The Mughal annexation of Golconda was the 1687 conquest of the Qutb Shahi Sultanate by Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire, ending the dynasty after an eight-month siege.
Mughal annexation of Kashmir
The Mughal annexation of Kashmir was the incorporation of the Kashmir valley into the Mughal Empire in 1586, when Akbar deposed Yusuf Shah Chak, the last Chak sultan.
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture, also called Moghul architecture, is the Indo-Islamic building style of the Mughal Empire, flourishing from about 1556 to 1658, best known for the Taj Mahal.
Mughal atelier
The Mughal atelier, known as the kitabkhana ("house of books"), was the Mughal Empire's imperial workshop of calligraphers and painters, founded under Humayun and Akbar, whose great age ran from about 1580 to 1650.
Mughal bird and flower painting
Mughal bird and flower painting is the genre of natural history studies of birds, animals, and plants made in the imperial ateliers, led by Ustad Mansur under Jahangir.
Mughal campaign in Balkh and Badakhshan
The Mughal campaign in Balkh and Badakhshan was an invasion launched by Shah Jahan in 1646, in which Mughal forces seized Balkh and Badakhshan from the Bukhara Khanate.
Mughal carpets
Mughal carpets are the pile carpets produced for the Mughal court of India from the mid-sixteenth century onward, chiefly in imperial workshops at Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, and Lahore.
Mughal coinage of the later period
Mughal coinage of the later period (مغلیہ سکہ) is the Mughal Empire's silver-rupee currency system from Aurangzeb's death in 1707, including coins struck by successor states and the East India Company in the emperors' names.
Mughal coinage reform of Akbar
The Mughal coinage reform of Akbar was the reorganization of the empire's money under Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) into a unified trimetallic system of gold muhrs, silver rupiyas, and copper dams.
Mughal conquest of Ahmadnagar
The Mughal conquest of Ahmadnagar (अहमदनगर पर मुग़ल विजय) was the decades-long campaign that destroyed the Nizam Shahi sultanate of Ahmadnagar, capturing its fort in 1600 and annexing the kingdom in 1636 under Shah Jahan.
Mughal conquest of Bengal
The Mughal conquest of Bengal (बंगाल पर मुग़ल विजय) was Akbar's campaign that ended the independent Afghan sultanate of Bengal, defeating Daud Khan Karrani and annexing Bengal and Bihar in 1576.
Mughal conquest of Golconda and Bijapur
The Mughal conquest of Golconda and Bijapur (گولکنڈہ اور بیجاپور کی فتح) was Aurangzeb's annexation of the two Deccan sultanates, with Bijapur surrendering in 1686 and Golconda falling in 1687.
Mughal conquest of Khandesh
The Mughal conquest of Khandesh (خاندیش کی فتح) was emperor Akbar's campaign ending the Faruqi dynasty's rule, occupying Burhanpur in 1599 and taking Asirgarh in 1601.
Mughal conquest of Koch Bihar
The Mughal conquest of Koch Bihar (মোগল আধিপত্যত কোচবিহাৰ) was Mir Jumla's 1661 invasion and capture of the Koch Bihar kingdom, in present-day West Bengal.
Mughal conquest of Koch Hajo
The Mughal conquest of Koch Hajo was the early 17th-century campaign in which the Mughal Empire, ordered by governor Islam Khan, defeated Raja Parikshit Narayan and annexed Kamrup.
Mughal conquest of Malwa
The Mughal conquest of Malwa was the 1561 campaign in which the forces of Mughal emperor Akbar defeated Baz Bahadur, ruler of Malwa in north central India, making it a Mughal province.
Mughal conquest of Mewar
The Mughal conquest of Mewar (मेवाड़ विजय) was the Mughal Empire's campaign to subdue the Rajput kingdom of Mewar in southern Rajasthan, capturing Chittorgarh in 1568.
Mughal dynasty
Mughal dynasty (Timurid dynasty): Muslim Turco-Mongol imperial house founded by Babur in 1526, ruling most of South Asia until 1858; peak under Akbar and Aurangzeb, decline after 1707, ended by the British.
Mughal emperors
Mughal emperors: rulers of the Timurid-descended Mughal Empire (1526–1857), from founder Babur through Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb to the dynasty's end, known for centralized rule and Indo-Persian architecture.
Mughal Empire (گورکانیان)
Mughal Empire (گورکانیان), 1526–1857 Indo-Islamic Timurid dynasty founded by Babur; ruled from Kabul across most of South Asia; known for Akbar's mansabdari and zabt land-revenue systems, Taj Mahal, and decline after 1707.
Mughal firmans granting chauth and sardeshmukhi
The Mughal firmans granting chauth and sardeshmukhi (फरमान) were 1719 imperial orders by which the emperor recognized the Maratha right to collect the two levies across the Deccan.
Mughal Harem
Mughal Harem: the imperial women's quarters (haram, haraman-i padshah) of the Mughal dynasty, a secluding yet politically active household where figures like Nur Jahan and Jahanara Begum wielded real power.
Mughal invasion of Balkh and Badakhshan
The Mughal invasion of Balkh and Badakhshan (बल्ख अभियान) was a 1646–1647 campaign of Shah Jahan, led by princes Murad Bakhsh and Aurangzeb, that occupied Balkh.
Mughal invasion of Keladi
The Mughal invasion of Keladi was a 1689 campaign by Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire against Queen Chennamma's Keladi kingdom in Karnataka, launched after she sheltered the Maratha prince Rajaram.