Jahangir (mugal emperor)

Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim [7] (Persian: نورالدین محمد سلیم), known by the emperor's name, Jahangir (Persian: جهانگیر) (31 August 1569 - 28 October 1627), [8] was the fourth Mughal emperor, and has ruled since 1605 until his death in 1627. His empire name (Persian) means 'conqueror of the earth', 'conqueror of the earth' or 'explorer of the earth' (Jahan: world; gir: root of the Persian verb gereftan: to capture, to capture).

Early lifeEdit



Birth of Prince Salim, later Jahangir

Prince Salim, later Jahangir, was born on August 31, 1569, in Fatehpur Sikri, to Akbar and one of his wives, Mariam-uz-Zamani, daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber. [9] Akbar's earlier children died in infancy and he sought the blessing of holy men to produce a son. Salim was named after one such man, Sheikh Salim Chisti. [9] [10]



Celebrations during the reign of Jahangir in 1600, when Akbar was absent from the capital in the campaign, Salim planned a rebellion and declared himself Emperor. Akbar had to return immediately to Agra to restore order.

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The size of the Mughal Empire in 1605.



Jahangir Memorial Fund for 6th year of reign; with the symbol of the Lion and the Sun and the Myths in Persian. 1611

Prince Salim ascended the throne on Thursday, November 3, 1605, eight days after the death of his father. Salim ascended the throne with the title of Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Badshah Ghazi, and thus began his 22-year reign at the age of 36. when the latter tried to usurp the throne according to Akbar's will to be his next heir. Khusrau Mirza was defeated in 1606 and imprisoned in the castle of Agra. Jahangir views his third son, Prince Khurram (the future Shahan Jahan), as his favorite. As punishment, Khusrau Mirza was handed over to his younger brother and suffered a slight eye injury and was killed. [11] In 1622, Jahangir sent his son, Prince Khurram, to battle in Allied forces at Ahmednagar, Bijapur, and Golconda. After his victory, Khurram rebelled against his father and made a bid to gain power. Khurram killed his older blind brother, Khusrau Mirza, in order to prepare his way to the throne. [12] Like the rebellion of his eldest son, Khusrau Mirza, Jahangir was able to overcome the challenge from his family and retain power. [8]

International relationsEdit



Shah Abbas I received Khan Alam, an ambassador from Jahangir in 1617

The East India Company has persuaded King James to send Roe as royal envoy to the Agra court in Jahangir. [13] Roe lived in Agra for three years, until 1619. In Mughal court, Roe is said to have become Jahangir's favorite and may have been his drinking partner; indeed he came with gifts of "many cups of red wine" [13]: 16 and explained to her "Beere was? Made how?" [13]: 17

The immediate effect of the equipment was to obtain the approval and protection of the East India Company firm in Surat. Although no major trade rights were granted by Jahingir, "Ree's intention was to initiate a Mughal-Company relationship that would be closer to a partnership and see the EIC gradually drawn into the Mughal campaign". [13]: 19

While Roe's detailed editions [14] were an important source of information about Jahangir's reign, Emperor did not reciprocate the favor, let alone say about Roe in his larger diary entries. [13]: 19

In 1623, Emperor Jahangir sent his Tahwildar, Khan Alam, to Safavid Persia, accompanied by 800 sepoys, writers, and scholars, as well as ten Howdahs adorned with gold and silver, to negotiate peace with Abbas I of Persia after a brief dispute in the region near Kandahar . [Citation needed] Khan Alam quickly returned with important gifts with Mir Shikar (Hunt Masters) groups from both Safavid Persia and the Central Asian Canates.

In 1626, Jahangir began to think of the alliance between the Ottomans, the Mughals and the Uzbeks against the Safavids, who had defeated the Mughals in Kandahar. He even wrote a letter to the Ottoman Sultan, Murad IV. Jahangir's dream did not materialize, for he died in 1627.

Wedding planning



Jahangir's genealogical order as far as Timur

Salim was made ten thousand Mansabdar (Das-Hazari), the highest military rank in the empire (after the emperor). He independently enlisted the army in the Kabul campaign of 1581 when he was only twelve years old. Mansab was raised 12,000, in 1585, when he married his cousin Rajkumari Man Bai, daughter of Bhagwant Das of Amer. Bhagwant Das, was the son of Raja Bharmal and Salim's uncle's mother by Mariam-uz-Zamani. [15]



Emperor Jahangir weighing his son Prince Khurram (future Shah Jahan) on a scale measured by singer Manohar (1615).

The marriage to Man Bai took place on 13 February 1585. Jahangir named him Shah Begum and gave birth to Khusrau Mirza. After that, Salim married, in quick succession, many educated girls from the noble families of Mughal and Rajput.

One of his favorite wives was Rajput Princess, Jagat Gosain Begum, daughter of Raja Udai Singh Rathore of Marwar. The marriage was solemnized on 11 January 1586 at the residence of the bride. [16] Jahangir named him Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani and fathered Prince Khurram, the future Shah Shah, who became the successor to Jahangir. On June 26, 1586 he married Raja Rai Singh's daughter, Maharaja of Bikaner. [17] In July 1586, he married Malika Shikar Begum, daughter of Sultan Abu Said Khan Jagatai, Sultan of Kashghar. In 1586, he married Sahib-i-Jamal Begum, daughter of Khwaja Hassan of Herat, cousin of Zain Khan Koka.

In 1587, he married Malika Jahan Begum, daughter of Bhim Singh, Maharaja of Jaisalmer. He also married Raja Darya Malbhas' daughter.

In October 1590, he married Zohra Begum, daughter of Mirza Sanjar Hazara. He married Karamnasi Begum, daughter of Raja Kesho Das Rathore of Merta.