Round 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[1])of his family’s large tombs within Persian-style paradise gardens. This ruler was forced to take refuge in Qazvin at the court of (*) Tahmasp (10[1])I after his brother (10[1])Kamran dispatched an army from Kabul to capture him. (-5[1])While carrying books down a staircase, this ruler (10[1])died from a fall caused by kneeling for the call to prayer. This ruler lost most of his realm to Sher Shah Suri before reconquering northern India with Safavid help, leading to an influx of Persian culture seen in his son’s biography, the Akbarnama. For 10 points, what son of Babur was the second Mughal Emperor? ■END■ (10[1])

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