Jahangir

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ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

Jahangir

1.       Early name of Jahangir was Salim. Akbar called him Sheika Baba.  

2.      Jahangir came to the throne in 1605.  

3.      Jahangir was the son of Akbar and Jodabai.  

4.      He married Mehrunnisa, an Afghan widow in 1611 Later he gave her the titles, Noor Mahal (light of the palace) Noor Jahan (light of the world) and Padusha Begum.  

5.      In 1606 Jahangir executed fifth Sikh Guru Guru Arjun Dev, because he helped Jahangir’s son Prince Khusru to rebel against him.  

6.      In 1609, Jahangir received William Hawkins, an envoy of King James I of England, who reached India to obtain trade concession.  

7.      In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of Jahangir as the first ambassador of James I of England in the court of Jahangir. As a result of his efforts first English factory was established at Surat in Gujarat.  

8.      Period of Jahangir is considered as the Golden Age of Mughal Painting. Jahangir himself was a painter. Ustad Mansur and Abul Hassan were famous painters in the court of Jahangir.  

9.      Jahangir built Shalimar and Nishant Gardens in Srinagar.  

10.    Jahangir suspended a chain of Justice known as Zndiri Adal infront of his court.  

11.      Anarkali was Jahangair’s lover. Mughal-i-Asam directed by K. Asif is a famous film which tells the love story of Jahangir and Anarkali.  

12.    Jahangir wrote his autobiography Tuzukh -i- Jahangiri in Persian language.  

13.    Jahangir died in 1627 and was cremated at Shahdhara in Lahore.

 

 

 

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