2nd Mughal EmperorReign26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540Coronation29 December 1530, AgraPredecessorBaburSuccessorSher Shah Suri (suri dynasty)Reign1555 – 27 January 1556PredecessorAdil Shah SuriSuccessorHemuBornNasir-ud-Din Muḥammad[1]6 March 1508Kabul (present-day Afghanistan)Died27 January 1556 (aged 47)Delhi, Mughal Empire (present-day India)BurialHumayun's Tomb, DelhiConsortBega BegumWivesSeveral, including:Hamida Banu BegumMah Chuchak Begum[2]Khanish AghachaGunwar Bibi[3]Mewa Jan[4]Chand BibiShad BibiIssueAl-aman MirzaAkbarMirza Muhammad HakimIbrahim Sultan MirzaFarrukh-Fal MirzaAqiqa Sultan BegumBakshi Banu BegumJahan Sultan BegumBakht-un-Nissa BegumSakina Banu BegumAmina Banu BegumNamesNasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Humayun[1]Posthumous nameJannat-Ashyani (One who nest in heaven; Persian: جنت آشیانی)HouseHouse of BaburDynastyHouse of TimurFatherBaburMotherMaham BegumReligionSunni IslamIn December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father to the throne of Delhi as ruler of the Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent. Humayun was an inexperienced ruler when he came to power, at the age of 22. His half-brother Kamran Mirza inherited Kabul and Kandahar, the northernmost parts of their father's empire. Kamran was to BECOME a bitter rival of Humayun.Humayun lost Mughal territories to Sher Shah Suri, but regained them 15 years later with Safavid aid. Humayun's return from Persia was accompanied by a large retinue of Persian noblemen and signalled an important change in Mughal COURT culture. The CENTRAL Asian origins of the dynasty were largely OVERSHADOWED by the influences of Persian art, architecture, language, and literature. There are many stone carvings and thousands of Persian manuscripts in India dating from the time of Humayun.Subsequently, Humayun further expanded the Empire in a very short time, leaving a substantial legacy for his son, Akbar.