The first year of Jahangir's reign saw a rebellion organized by his eldest son Khusraw with the assistance of the Sikh Guru Arjun Dev and others.

Much of India was politically pacified ; Jahangir's dealings with the Hindu rulers of Rajputana were particularly successful, and he settled the conflicts inherited from his father.

Jahangir's rule was characterized by the same religious tolerance as his father Akbar, with the exception of his hostility with the Sikhs, which was forged so early on in his rule.

However, Jahangir's son and successor Shah Jahan perused the a goal of alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

She rapidly became an important member of Emperor Jahangir's court and, together with her brother Asaf Khan, wielded considerable influence.

In 1612, during Emperor Jahangir's reign, the defeat of Sylhet completed the Mughal conquest of Bengal with the exception of Chittagong.

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.

" Jahangir ordered his execution, but it is unlikely that he also ordered Guru Arjun to be tortured and converted, for two reasons ; one, because we have no other examples from Jahangir's generally tolerant reign to support the idea that he forced people to convert to Islam, and two, because Jahangir makes no note of Guru Arjun's torture, yet cheerfully describes the torture of two other rebels, as well as Guru Arjun's execution.

" 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's love for hunting met his love for art as he commissioned artists on multiple occasions to paint him while hunting and would even paint scenes himself, from time to time.

Norman had been in pursuit of Jahangir's unbeaten streak, being beaten time and time again.

Amongst the most highly regarded Mughal architecture dating from Jahangir's reign is the famous Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir.

Jahangir's elegant mausoleum is located in the Shahdara locale of Lahore and is a popular tourist attraction in Lahore.

" The trigger for Guru Arjun's execution was his support for Jahangir's rebel son Khusrau Mirza, yet it is clear from Jahangir's own memoirs that he disliked Guru Arjun before then: " many times it occurred to me to put a stop to this vain affair or bring him into the assembly of the people of Islam.

His Grandfather who was famed as an avid Hunter is said to have saved the Moghul Emperor Jahangir's life during a tiger's attack.

: Guru Hargobind is released from Gwalior Fort by Jahangir's orderA childhood friend of Hargobind, Painde Khan, whose mother had been the nurse of the Guru, had become his enemy.

Though conquest was one of Jahangir's many goals, he was a naturalist and lover of the arts and did not have quite the same warrior ambition of the Persian king.

Emperor Jahangir's son was the Prince Khurram who later went on to become Emperor Shah Jahan and built one of the seven Wonders of the World, the famous Taj Mahal to memorialize his love for his wife.

In November 1979, Jahangir's older brother Torsam, who had been one of the leading international squash players in the 1970s, died suddenly of a heart attack during a tournament match in Australia.

This led to a mutual enmity that, while diplomatically hidden, was very clear to observers within Jahangir's court.

One of his favourite wives was a Rajput Princess, known as Jagat Gosain and Princess Manmati, who gave birth to Prince Khurram, the future Shah Jahan, Jahangir's successor to the throne.

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

In the year 1594 Jahangir's was dispatched by his father the Mughal Emperor Akbar, alongside Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan and Abu ' l-Fazl ibn Mubarak to defeat the renegade Vir Singh Deo of Bandela and capture the city of Orchha, which was considered the center of the revolt.

What did surprise some observers was the forcible conversion of three sons of Jahangir's brother, Prince Daniyal, to Christianity, followed by a parade to celebrate their conversions.

The rebellion was quelled by Jahangir's forces in 1626 and Khurram was forced to submit unconditionally.

* Khan-i-Khanan (, " Lord of Lords ") was a title given to the commander-in-chief of the army of the Mughals, an example being Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana of the great Mughal emperor, Akbar's ( and later his son Jahangir's ) army.

Her younger sister Parwar Khanum married Sheikh Farid the son of Nawab Qutubuddin, the governor of Badaun who was also emperor Jahangir's foster brother.

The Chaghatai original was last seen in the imperial library sometime between 1628 and 1638 during Jahangir's reign.

According Russian sources, Jahangir's uprising was completely quelled by China by the summer of 1828.

Jahangir's capture was affair of the former Hakim of Kashgar Ishak Khoja, who sent false Letter to Jahangir, notifying him of departure of main body of Qing troops and inviting him to Kashgar to regain power.

These portraits are a unique example of art during Jahangir's reign because before, and for sometime after, faces were not drawn full, head-on and including the shoulders as well as the head as these drawings are.

As well as Jahangir's white cheetah at Agra, a report of " incipient albinism " has come from Beaufort West according to Guggisberg.

Thrown by the religious tolerance of Akbar and Jahangir's rule, the Jesuits had long thought that they were always on the verge of conversion.

The Russians record an incident where they rescued these Chinese merchants who escaped, after they were sold by Jahangir's Army in Central Asia, and sent them back to China.

The Russians record an incident where they rescued these Chinese merchants who escaped, after they were sold by Jahangir's Army in Central Asia, and sent them back to China.

Roe believed Jahangir's religion to be of his own making, " for he envies ProphetMahomett, and wisely sees no reason why he should not bee as great a prophet as he, and therefore professed himself so ... he hath found many disciples that flatter or follow him.

Even Jahangir's nephews were allowed to return to the Islamic fold, because " the King of Portugal sent them no presents nor wives.

Jahangir's son, Shah Jahan, marks the apex of Mughal garden architecture and floral design.

Jahangir's dream: Mughal picture showing Jahangir ( right ) embracing Abbas

The rebellion of Khurram absorbed Jahangir's attention, so in the spring of 1623 he negotiated a diplomatic end to the conflict.

The art of Mughal painting reached great heights under Jahangir's reign.

The situation developed into open crisis when Jahangir's son, Khurram, fearing to be excluded from the throne, rebelled in 1622.

Jahangir's forces chased Khurram and his troops from Fatehpur Sikri to the Deccan, to Bengal and back to the Deccan, until Khurram surrendered unconditionally in 1626.

The rebellion and court intrigues that followed took a heavy toll on Jahangir's health.

He even wrote a letter to the Ottoman Sultan Murad IV, Jahangir's ambition however did not materialize due to his death in 1627.

Despite Roe's somewhat casual use of the term ' atheist ', he could not quite put his finger on Jahangir's real beliefs.

Sri Ram Sharma argues though that contemporaries and some historians have been too disparaging about Jahangir's beliefs, simply because he did not persecute non-believers and enforce his views on others.