" The chain was set up as a link between his people and Jahangir himself.

Standing outside the castle of Agra with sixty bells, anyone was capable of pulling the chain and having a personal hearing from Jahangir himself.

Broad toleration for other religions made little sense to Europeans forged in the heat of religious conflict, while the lifestyle and pretensions Jahangir afforded himself meant that it was difficult to see him as a devout Muslim.

With Jahangir himself occasionally taking part in Hindu ceremonies, the aforementioned example was probably one way of showing support for the idea that Muslim and Hindus should not mix their rituals.

Jahangir himself is far from modest in his autobiography when he states his prowess at being able to determine the artist of any portrait by simply looking at a painting.

A collection at the British Museum in London contains seventy-four drawings of Indian portraits dating from the time of Jahangir, including a portrait of the emperor himself.

In 2007 Rishi Rich started Rishi Rich Productions ( RRP ), a joint partnership between himself and entertainment entrepreneur, Waleed Jahangir.

With great Jahangir Khan reaching the twilight of his career and then retiring, Jansher came to establish himself as the sole dominant player in the game in the mid-1990s.

Before a rebellion had broken out in May, 1826, Jahangir Khoja managed to flee to Kashgar from Kokand ( where he had been held in prison in accordance with a secret agreement, concluded between the Khanate of Kokand and Qing dynasty China, concerning descendants of Appak khoja ),< ref >< sub > This agreement, according to M. Kutlukov, was concluded first by the Kokand ruler Irdana Biy ( 1751-1770 ) as soon as the Qings became aware of Khoja Sarymsak ( an Ak Taghlik who was the only person among Appak Khoja's descendants to survive the 1757-1759 Qing invasion of Kashgaria ), who, via Kabul and Badakhshan, had arrived in Kokand and had settled there.

Nevertheless, Qing China managed to mobilize " all forces of Empire, that were put into motion " and by September, 1827, collected in Aksu an army of 70, 000, under command of military governor of Ili Chang Ling, that in January, 1828, moved against Jahangir Khoja.

Unable to hide his wounded vanity, Jahangir, as soon as he entered, told Mian Mir in Persian: Ba dar-e-darvis darbane naa-bayd (" On the doorstep of a faqir, there should be no sentry ").

Mohammad-Ali Shah considered them among the most dangerous of his enemies and had them both killed in 1908, as he did the editor of Sur-e Esrafil, Mirza Jahangir Khan, also of Bábí background.

After appearing in Kashgar with only several hundreds of his followers he then quickly increased his force by volunteers, and within several months he collected under his banner about 200, 000 troops ,< ref >< sub > Among volunteers in Jahangir's Army were a lot of ghalchas ( mountain Tajiks ), whose tight black costume gave rise to the rumours in Siberia about presence of Europeans among Jahangir's troops, those rumours were also contributed by Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, that being upset of the opportunity, might have gained by British forces in India due to this rebellion, reported of 13 British Body Guards of Jahangir Khoja, 7 of them followed him wherever he goes all the time.

From Kokand, Jahangir Khoja, with the support of Tajiks, Kyrgyz, and White Mountain fighters seized Kashgar in 1826 he captured several hundred Chinese, who were taken to the Kokand slave markets.

" At this time, one of those disciples happened to be the current English ambassador, though his initiation into Jahangir's inner circle of disciples was devoid of religious significance for Roe, as he did not understand the full extent of what he was doing: Jahangir hung " a picture of him self set in gold hanging at a wire gold chain ” round Roe's neck.

Jahangir receives Prince Khurram at Ajmer on his return from the Mewar campaign

Jahangir built on his father's foundations of excellent administration, and his reign was characterized by political stability, a strong economy and impressive cultural achievments.

The painter Ustad Mansur became one of the best artists to document the animals and plants which Jahangir either encountered on his military exhibitions or received as donations from emissaries of other countries.

Jahangir specifically warned his nobles that they " should not force Islam on anyone .” Jizya was not imposed by Jahangir.

Jahangir soon after had to fend off his son, Prince Khusrau Mirza, when he attempted to claim the throne based on Akbar's will to become his next heir.

Mughal Emperor Jahangir, on an Elephant Howdah.

Jahangir would challenge the hegemonic claim over Afghanistan by the Safavid rulers with an eye on Kabul, Peshawar and Kandahar which were important centers of the central Asian trade system that northern India operated within.

Thus Jahangir was able to deliver justice to people in accordance of their beliefs, and also keep his hold on empire by unified criminal law.

Jahangir receives Prince Khurram on his return from the Deccan ( 10 October 1617 )

Jahangir died on the way back from Kashmir near Sarai Saadabad in 1627.

While Sunni Islam was the state religion, there was not widespread pressure to convert ; indeed, Jahangir specifically warned his nobles that they " should not force Islam on anyone .” In the first century of Islamic expansion this attitude was taken partially because of concerns that an absence of non-Muslims would deprive the state of a valuable source of revenue.

" Brahmins on the banks of the Ganges received gifts from the emperor, while following a meeting with Jadrup, a Hindu ascetic, Jahangir felt compelled to comment that " association with him is a great privilege.

In a book written on statecraft for Jahangir, the author advised him to direct " all his energies to understanding the counsel of the sages and to comprehending the intimations of the ' ulama.

Even until the mid-nineteenth century zoologists were unaware of the gestation period of elephants but Jahangir on the other hand had accurately estimated the gestation period of elephants to be 18 to 19 months in the early-seventeenth century itself.

They include Arundhati Roy who says " Each of us needs a little RAWA "; Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, who suggests that RAWA must stand as a model for every group working to end violence ; Katha Pollitt, author of Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture ; Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban and Jihad ; and Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the UN and prominent women's rights activist of Pakistan are two Pakistanis who write about RAWA and express their support.

Baadshah Shah Jahan was born as Prince Shihab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram, on January 5 ( Julian ), 1592 in Lahore, Pakistan as the third and favourite son of the emperor Jahangir from his Rajput wife Gossaini.

The 5th Guru Arjan Dev was martyred by the Mughal ruler Jahangir on 16 May 1606 for refusing to convert to Islam.

* Jahangir grants a British mission important commercial concessions at Surat on the west coast of India.

The letter was brought to the attention of the international community by Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief, in a March 20, 2006 press release.

For example, the Mughal emperor Jahangir made his rebellious son Prince Khusrau Mirza ride an elephant down a street lined with stakes on which the rebellious prince's supporters had been impaled alive.

It gained a foothold in India in 1612 after Mughal emperor Jahangir granted it the rights to establish a factory, or trading post, in the port of Surat on the western coast.

Jahangir receives Prince Khurram on his return from the Deccan ( 10 October 1617 )

Both Akbar and Jahangir visited Kol on hunting expeditions.

* January 10 – Sir Thomas Roe, emissary from the court of King James I of England, presents his credentials to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, in Ajmer Fort, thus opening the door to the British presence in India.

Abu ' l Fazl's son Shaikh Abdur Rahman Afzal Khan ( December 29, 1571 – 1613 ) was later appointed governor of Bihar in 1608 by Jahangir.

In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to trade in India.

Salim Nuruddin Jahangir ( 20 September 1569 – 8 November 1627 ) was the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 until his death in 1627.

Jahangir was the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Akbar and was declared successor to his father from an early age.

Jahangir was defeated, but ultimately succeeded his father as Emperor in 1605.

After subduing and executing nearly 2000 members of the rebellion, and blinding his renegade son Khusraw, Jahangir had Arjun Dev executed, causing a permanent deterioration of relations between the imperium and the Sikhs.

The only major reversal to the expansion came in 1622 when Shahanshah Abbas, the Safavid Emperor of Persia, captured Kandahar while Jahangir was battling his rebellious son, Khurram in Hindustan.

Jahangir was fascinated with art, science and, architecture.

Jahangir maintained a huge aviary and a large zoo, kept a record of every specimen and organised experiments.

Jahangir patronized the European and Persian arts.

The world's first seamless celestial globe was built by Mughal scientists under the patronage of Jahangir.

Jahangir, like his father, was not a strict Sunni Muslim ; he allowed, for example, the continuation of his father's tradition of public debate between different religions.

" Jahangir enjoyed debating theological subtleties with Brahmins, especially about the possible existence of avatars.

Sir Thomas Roe, England's first ambassador to the Mughal court, went as far as labelling Jahangir, who was sympathetic to Christianity, an atheist.

Jahangir was not without his vices.

Jahangir is considered one of the greatest Mughal Emperors by scholars and the fourth of the Grand Mughals in Indian historiography.

Salim ascended to the throne with the title of Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Badshah Ghazi, and thus began his 22-year reign at the age of 36.

Jahangir considered his third son Prince Khurram ( future Shah Jahan-born 1592 of Hindu Rajput princess Manmati ), his favourite.

Jahangir claimed the victories of Khurram – Shah Jahan as his own.

Jahangir in Darbar, from the Jahangirnama | Jahangir-nama, c. 1620.