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JAHANGIR, or JEHANGIR (1569-1627)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 126 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAHANGIR, or JEHANGIR (1569-1627)  , See also:Mogul See also:emperor of See also:Delhi, succeeded his See also:father See also:Akbar the See also:Great in 1605 . His name was Salim, but he assumed the See also:title of See also:Jahangir, " Conqueror of the See also:World," on his See also:accession . It was in his reign that See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Roe came as See also:ambassador of See also:James I., on behalf of the See also:English See also:company . He was a dissolute ruler, much addicted to See also:drunkenness, and his reign is chiefly notable for the See also:influence enjoyed by his wife Nur Jahan, " the See also:Light of the World." At first she influenced Jahangir for See also:good, but surrounding herself with her relatives she aroused the See also:jealousy of the imperial princes; and Jahangir died in 1627 in the midst of a See also:rebellion headed by his son, Khurram or Shah Jahan, and his greatest See also:general, Mahabat See also:Khan . The See also:tomb of Jahangir is situated in the gardens of Shandera on the outskirts of See also:Lahore .

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