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Jahangir considered his third son, Khurram (regnal name Shah Jahan) as his favourite son. In 1621 of February, However, when Nur Jahan married her daughter, Mihr-un-nissa Begum , to Jahangir's youngest son, Shahryar Mirza , Khurram suspected that his stepmother was trying to maneuver Shahryar as the successor to Jahangir.
Jahangir or Jangir [2] (Persian: جهانگیر, 'Conqueror of the world') is a Persian male given name. Jahan means world or universe, while Gir means conqueror. Jahan means world or universe, while Gir means conqueror.
Jahangir was born on 5 November 1958 in the village of Dignagar in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah subdivision, which was then located in the Jessore District of East Pakistan. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of Khandakars hailing from the village of Narharidra. His father's name was Khandaker Anwaruzzaman and his mother's name was Begum Lutfunnahar.
Several years before Jahangir's death in 1627, coins began to be struck containing Nur Jahan's name along with Jahangir's name; In fact, there were two prerogatives of sovereignty for the legitimacy of a Muslim monarchy (reading the Khutbah and the other being the right to mint coins).
Jahangir (born Salim, [25] reigned 1605–1627) was born to Akbar and his wife Mariam-uz-Zamani, an Indian princess. [26] Salim was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti . [ 27 ] [ 28 ] He "was addicted to opium, neglected the affairs of the state, and came under the influence of rival court cliques". [ 11 ]
Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645), [1] born Mehr-un-Nissa was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. More decisive and proactive than her husband, Nur Jahan is considered by certain historians to have been the real power behind the throne for more than a decade.
According to Aniruddha Ray, the inscribed year 1599 and the name Salim are important since if it was built after he became emperor his regnal name Jahangir would have been used instead. Ray says according to historians Akbar left Lahore on 6 November 1598, so it would be difficult to assume Akbar gave the order for the entombment in 1599.
Mariam-uz-Zamani (lit. ' Mary/Compassionate of the Age '; [5] c. 1542 – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, [6] was the chief consort and principal Hindu wife [a] as well as the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar.