Page "Jahangir" Paragraph 29

The loss of Kandahar was due to Prince Khurram's refusal to obey her orders.

When the Persians besieged Kandahar, Nur Jahan was at the helm of affairs.

She ordered Prince Khurram to march for Kandahar, but the latter refused to do so.

There is no doubt that the refusal of the prince was due to her behaviour towards him.

She was favouring her son-in-law, Shahryar, at the expense of Khurram.

Khurram suspected that in his absence, Shahryar might be given promotion and he might die on the battlefield.

It was this fear which forced Khurram to rebel against his father rather than fight against the Persians and thereby Kandahar was lost to the Persians.

Nur Jahan struck coins in her own name during the last years of Jahangir's reign when he was taken ill.