biography
| name: |
Jahangir
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originally Salim
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pronunciation:
[yahanggeer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1569–1627)
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| biography:
| Mughal emperor of India (1605–27), born in Fatehpur Sikri, NC India, the son of Akbar the Great. The earlier part of his reign was a period of peace and great prosperity for the empire, with a steady growth of trade and commerce and a great flowering of the arts. The later part of the reign was characterized by continual rebellions against his rule, principally on behalf of his various sons, and he was able to survive as ruler only by dint of the courage and vigour of the empress, Nur Jahan. He was, however, a just and tolerant man, and a consistent patron of the arts. |
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