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Events relating to asia
The last Abbasid caliph, captured by the Ottoman Turks, is taken as a prisoner to Istanbul - ending the authentic line of 'successors' to Muhammad
From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam
Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines, in a skirmish with natives
In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India
Victory at Khanua, over a Hindu confederation of Rajput rulers, brings Babur a tenuous control over most of northwest India
The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun
The Portuguese force the local ruler to cede to them the island of Bombay
Francis Xavier reaches Goa, at the start of the great mission to the east that will last the nine years until his death
The first Europeans reach Japan by accident, blown ashore in a storm
Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in India
The Mongols, increasingly dominated by their neighbours in Manchuria, submit to them and are accepted by the Manchus as vassals
Civil war within India enables Humayun to win a battle at Sirhind and recover the Mughal throne
Humayun dies and Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, inherits the throne at the age of thirteen
The Portuguese establish a trading post on Macao, a small peninsula off the south coast of China
The Spanish governor general, Legazpi, makes his capital at Manila,and names the surrounding islands the Philippines after Philip II
Akbar builds his new palace of Fatehpur Sikri close to the shrine of a Sufi saint
The Philippines and its governor general are placed under the authority of the Spanish governor of New Spain, ruling from Mexico City
The tomb in Delhi of the Mughal emperor Humayun introduces the shape of dome which characterizes his dynasty's architecture
Oda Nobunaga takes power into his own hands, after ruling for a while through the Ashikaga shogun
The Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China, and becomes the first western student of Chinese civilization
16-year-old Abbas I, subsequently one of the greatest of shahs, inherits the throne of Persia
The shogun's Tea Master awards a gold seal with the one word raku ('felicity') to a beautiful bowl, thus naming Japan's most famous ware
Arjan, the fifth Sikh guru, builds many gurdwaras and commences the holy city of Amritsar
The writings of Matteo Ricci introduce Kung Fu Tzu to Europe under a Latin version of his name - Confucius
The first Dutch expedition round the Cape reaches Java and secures trading agreements
