Packet 8: Tossup 16

This ruler’s impatience while visiting a religious leader led him to be scolded for having the will to harm a man of God but not to fight his enemy. This ruler’s red sandstone tomb, which was designed by his wife Bega Begum, upped the ante (15[2]-5[1])of his family’s large tombs within Persian-style paradise gardens. (15[1]-5[1])This ruler was forced to (-5[1])take refuge (15[1]-5[1])in Qazvin (-5[1])at the court (15[1])of (15[2])(*) Tahmasp (10[3]-5[1])I (10[1])after (10[2])his brother (10[2]-5[1])Kamran (10[2])dispatched (10[1])an army from Kabul to capture him. (10[1]-5[1])While carrying books (-5[1])down a staircase, (10[1])this ruler (10[2])died (10[2])from a fall caused by (10[1])kneeling for the call to prayer. This ruler lost most of his realm to Sher (-5[1])Shah Suri before (-5[1])reconquering northern India with Safavid help, leading to an influx of Persian culture seen in his son’s biography, the Akbarnama. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])what son of Babur was the second (10[1])Mughal Emperor? ■END■ (10[3]0[12])

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