Jahangir

Jahangir

1. JAHANGIR

2. Jahangir Mirza Nur - ud -din Beig Mohammad Khan Salim , known by his imperial name  Jahangir  (Persian name) "conqueror of the world" (August 31, 1569 – November 7, 1627), was the fourth  Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627.

3. Early life Prince Salim forcefully succeeded to the throne on Thursday, 21st Jumadi II, 1014 AH/ November 3, 1605, eight days after his father's death emerging victorious in the vicious struggle for succession between the five prominent and legitimate sons. Salim ascended to 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. 

4. Marriage Salim was made a  Mansabdar  of ten thousand (Das- Hazari ), the highest military rank of the empire, after the emperor. He independently commanded a regiment in the  Kabul campaign of 1581, when he was barely twelve. His Mansab was raised to Twelve Thousand, in 1585, at the time of his betrothal to his cousin Rajkumari   Manbhawati Bai , daughter of  Bhagwant Das of Amer.  Bhagwant Das, was the son of Raja Bharmal  and the brother of Akbar's Hindu wife and Salim's mother  Mariam uz-Zamani .

5. Nur Jahan Mehr -Un- Nisa or Nur Jahan , occupies an important place in the history of Jahangir. She was the widow of a rebel officer, Sher Afgan , of Mughals , whose actual name was Ali Quli Beg Ist'ajlu . He had earned the title " Sher Afgan "(Tiger tosser ) from Emperor Akbar after throwing off a tiger that had leaped to attack Akbar on the top of an elephant in a royal hunt at Bengal and then stabbing the fallen tiger to death. 

6. Battles Jahangir was well trained in arms and was an expert rider. But he was not prepared to undergo hardships of battlefield. He did not participate in any major battle during the reign of his father and, during his own reign all important battles were fought either under the command of his son Shah Jahan or under other talented officers. Jahangir neither tried to improve the military system which he inherited from his father nor increased the fighting strength of his army in any way. 

7. Development of Architecture   Jahangir was interested in architecture as well. The tomb of Akbar at Sikandrabad near Agra was constructed by him and it is one among the beautiful buildings erected by the Mughal emperors. The mosque in Lahore, which was constructed in his reign, has been compared with the Jami Masjid , constructed by  Shah Jahan , in Delhi.

8. Death He was trying to restore his health by visiting Kashmir and Kabul. He went from Kabul to Kashmir but returned to Lahore on account of a severe cold. Jahangir died on the way back from Kashmir near Sarai Saadabad in 1627. To preserve his body, the entrails were removed and buried in the  Baghsar Fort, Kashmir.

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