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Jahangir fell ill, Nur Jahan managed the affairs of
            experience    of  administration   there.  Jahangir
            continued with the liberal and secular policies of      the empire. She became such a powerful woman
            his father. He did not take interest in religion. He    that the coins were issued in the names of both
                                                                    Jahangir and Nur Jahan. After Jahangir’s death in
            wanted to bring about social and economic
            reforms to the empire. He is famous for the chain       1627, Nur Jahan retired from public life and lived
            of justice that he had installed in his palace.         peacefully in Lahore until her death.
            Anybody could ring it to complain against any
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            noble or officer.                                             Info Bits
            Jahangir was a well read person. He took interest        Nur Jahan set new fashions based on Persian
            in literature. He wrote his memoirs named Tizuk-i-       culture. She added grace and charm to the Mughal
            Jahangiri, in which he has written about his rule        court. She was the most beloved wife of Jahangir
            and himself.                                             and he even put her name on coins along with his
            Jahangir used his time for consolidating his             own.
            empire. He strengthened his rule in Bengal and
            Awadh, and established peace with the Rana of                               SHAH JAHAN
            Mewar after defeating him. He continued to forge
                                                                    The war of succession broke out on the death of
            matrimonial alliances with the Rajputs. There           Jahangir. Prince Khurram    emerged victorious in
            were only a few military campaigns during his           this war as he executed his half-brother Shahryar,
            rule. He fought with some small chieftains in the
                                                                    his two sons and some other family members. He
            Punjab and Kangra regions.                              ascended the throne with the name of Shah Jahan

            Jahangir tried to expand his area of influence in       or the Ruler of the World .
            the Deccan. He captured the Ahmednagar Fort,            During his early reign, Shah Jahan had to face
            but he could not bring the                              many revolts. First, he put down the revolts of the
            Deccan under his rule. He                               Bundela Rajputs and then defeated the Afghan
            had to face some setbacks in
                                                                    rulers of the Deccan. He invaded the Deccan and
            the north-west when he lost                             annexed Ahmednagar in 1633. He compelled
            Kandahar        (now         in                         Bijapur and Golconda to sign a treaty of peace
            Afghanistan) to the ruler of
                                                                    with him, accept his suzerainty and pay annual
            Persia. It was a great loss                             tribute. This battle was fought under Aurangzeb,
            because    the  traders   went         Jahangir         the future Mughal emperor.
            through this region for trade
                                                                    After this, Shah Jahan annexed Kamrupa (Assam).
            with     the     Arabs     and
            Europeans. Moreover, it was                             He wanted to bring Central Asia under his control,
            a  place   from    where   the                          but he was not successful in this battle with the
                                                                    Persians for the control of Balkh and Badakshan.
            territories in India could be
            defended easily. Jahangir had                           Kandahar too continued to remain under the
                                                                    Persians.
            to crush the rebellion from his
                                                  Nur Jahan
            son, Khusrau.                                           Shah Jahan is popularly called engineer king       ,
                                                                    because    he   got  constructed    a  number     of
             Nur Jahan
                                                                    magnificent monuments, but he is best known for
            Jahangir was attracted to Nur Jahan’s beauty and        the Taj Mahal . We shall study about this aspect of
            manners and married her in 1611. She was an             his life later.
            intelligent and clever woman. Jahangir used to
            discuss important matters with her and took her                F ind Outind Out
            advice. It is believed that many of his decisions in     Find out the names of buildings built by Shah
            the later half of his rule were hers. Once when          Jahan in Delhi and Agra.
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