Akbar did not rule the Mughal empire.
Abu ` l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad -LRB- 15 October 1542 -- 27 October 1605 -RRB- , popularly known as Akbar I -LRB- -LSB- kbr -RSB- , literally `` the great '' -RRB- and later Akbar the Great , was the third Mughal emperor , who reigned from 1556 to 1605 .	Mughal emperor	Mughal emperors
From the early 16th century to the early 18th they built and ruled the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent , mainly corresponding to the modern countries of Bangladesh , India and Pakistan .	Mughal Empire	Mughal Empire	Indian subcontinent	Indian subcontinent	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	India	India	Pakistan	Pakistan
