▁nob ility . ▁All ▁the ▁M ug hal ▁em per ors ▁after ▁and ▁including ▁Ak bar ▁had ▁high - c aste ▁H indu ▁Raj put ▁w ives , ▁and ▁in ▁most ▁cases , ▁moth ers , ▁including ▁Jah ang ir ▁and ▁Shah ▁Jah an . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁fa ctions ▁in ▁the ▁M ug hal ▁court ; ▁the ▁M ug hal ▁fa ction ▁compr ised ▁those ▁whose ▁ancest ry ▁was ▁Tur co - M ong ol ▁and ▁Ind o ▁A ry an ▁and ▁the ▁H indust ani ▁Muslim s ▁who ▁were ▁compr ised ▁mostly ▁of ▁lower - c aste ▁converts . ▁The ▁Tur co - M ong ol / Ind o ▁A ry an ▁fa ction ▁considered ▁themselves ▁superior ▁ra cially ▁and ▁considered ▁most ▁lower - c aste ▁Indian ▁Muslim s ▁to ▁be ▁inferior ▁to ▁them . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁contin ual ▁struggle ▁for ▁control ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁authority ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁groups . ▁The ▁H indust ani ▁Muslim s ▁were ▁internally ▁al lied ▁with ▁the ▁Say y ids ▁of ▁Bar ha , ▁the ▁Afghan ▁nobles , ▁and ▁Khan - i - D aur an , ▁whose ▁ancest ors ▁came ▁from ▁Bad akh sh an ▁in ▁the ▁far ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁India ▁and ▁other ▁ind igen ous ▁Indian ▁Muslim s ▁whose ▁ancest ors ▁had ▁been ▁lower - c aste ▁H ind us . ▁The ▁foreign ▁Muslim s ▁were ▁called ▁M ugh als , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁their ▁descent ▁from ▁Tim ur ▁and ▁the ▁Mong ols , ▁but ▁over ▁time , ▁they ▁became ▁more