Jahangir was fascinated with art, science and, architecture.

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

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.

An aesthete, Jahangir decided to start his reign with a grand display of " Justice ", as he saw it.

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.

As with the insurrection of his eldest son Khusraw, Jahangir was able to defeat the challenge from within his family and retain power.

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

Furthermore, Abbas had, for many years, been trying to recover the city of Kandahar, which Jahangir was not keen to part with, especially to this king whom he did not particularly care for, despite seeing him as an equal.

In the year 1623, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, sent his Tahwildar, Khan Alam to Safavid Persia, accompanied by 800 Sepoys, scribes and scholars along with 10 Howdahs well decorated in gold and silver, in order to negotiate peace with Abbas I of Persia after a brief conflict in the region around Kandahar.

Jahangir arrived with a force of 12, 000 after many ferocious encounters and the Battle of Orchha, Jahangir finally subdued the Bandela and ordered Vir Singh Deo to surrender.

Jahangir was responsible for ending a century long struggle with the state of Mewar.

Jahangir was certainly willing to engage with other religions, and Edward Terry, an English chaplain in India at the time, saw a ruler under which " all Religions are tolerated and their Priests in good esteem.

" 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.

Admittedly Muslims were discouraged from performing most Hindu rites, with Jahangir lamenting that many Muslims prayed at a temple dedicated to Durga, and worshipped at a black stone.

Muhammad Salih Tahtawi of Sindh headed the task of creating a massive, seamless celestial globe using a secret wax casting method in the Mughal Empire, the famous celestial globe of Muhammad Salih Tahtawi is inscribed with Arabic and Persian language | Persian inscriptions and was completed in the year 1631 during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

Jahangir was fascinated with art and architecture.

During his time, Jahangir also pioneered several ornate genealogies illustrated with portraits of each family member in the style of Italian Renaissance painters.

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.

Mumtaz was portrayed as the perfect wife with no aspirations to political power in contrast to her aunt, Empress Nur Jehan, the wife of 4th Emperor, Jahangir who had wielded considerable influence in the previous reign.

Khurram led the Mughal army to a peaceful victory by which Jahangir was pleased with his success & conferred him the title of Shah Jahan on 12 October 1617 AD.

He was named Salim to honour the saint and would later rule the empire as Emperor Jahangir.

The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment, " Shaheed Jahangir Gate ", is named in his honour.

The main gate of Dhaka Cantonment-" Shaheed Jahangir Gate " is named in his honour.

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

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

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

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

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.

In this state, Jahangir was also open to the influence of his wives, a weakness exploited by many.

Jahangir married the extremely beautiful and intelligent Mehr-ul-Nisa ( better known by her subsequent title of Nur Jahan ), in May 1611.

Jahangir was outraged by the capture of the ship and the captivity of its crew and guests.

However, as the jizya was not imposed by Jahangir, there might have been more behind this policy of toleration than mere economic reasoning.

It is unclear that Jahangir even understood what a Sikh was, referring to Guru Arjun as a Hindu, who had " captured many of the simple-hearted of the Hindus, and even of the ignorant and foolish followers of Islam, by his ways and manners ... for three or four generations ( of spiritual successors ) they had kept this shop warm.

It is possible that Jahangir might have seen these images in their Islamic persona, as the Qur ' an features such creatures, yet depiction of living things was haraam ( forbidden ), so the images could well have been created by a Christian artist.

Wherever it came from, and whatever it represented, it was clear that a European style had come to influence Mughal art, otherwise the slave would not have claimed it as his own design, nor would he have been believed by Jahangir.

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 rare life-size portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir holding a globe, by Abu ' l Hasan, Nadir al-Zaman ( dated 1617 AD )

Shah Jahan was also chosen by his father Jahangir to acknowledge the statesmanship and administration in the Mughal Empire.

Among his other constructions are the Red Fort also called the Delhi Fort or Lal Qila in Urdu, large sections of Agra Fort, the Jama Masjid, the Wazir Khan Mosque, the Moti Masjid, the Shalimar Gardens, sections of the Lahore Fort, the Jahangir mausoleum — his father's tomb, the construction of which was overseen by his stepmother Nur Jahan and the Shahjahan Mosque.

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

The fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir ( r. 1605-24 ), commissioned a painting of the zebra, which was completed by Ustad Mansur.

Firing Squad in Iran by Jahangir Razmi

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.