Jahangir(1605-1627)

Jahangir(1605-1627)

• Jahangir’s reign opened with the promulgation of Twelve ‘Edicts’ or ‘Ordinanaces’ for the general welfare and better government of the country.
• Rebellion prince of Jahangir’s son Khusrau at Lahore(1606).
• Jahangir personally suppressed the rebellion.
• The rebellion prince was captured, blinede, confined, and subsequently killed by Khurram in 1622.
• The fifth Sikh Guru Arjan, with whom the rebel prince had stayed at Tarn Taran and also received his blessings, was at first fined by the government, but as he refused to pay the fine he was sentenced to death.
• The execution of Guru Arjan sowed the seeds of bitter discored between the Sikhs and the Mughals.
• The first military expedition undertaken by Jahangir was against Rana Ama Singh, son of Rana Patap of Mewar.
• The Mughal expeditions sent against Mewar in 1606 and 1608-09 proved indecisive, but in 1613-14 the campaign led by prince khurram proved decisive and Rana Amar Singh came to terms with the mughls in 1615.
• Jahangir offered most liberal terms to Mewar and thus ended a long drawn out struggle between Mewar and the Mughals.
• Jahangir pursued his father’s plan of territorial expansion beyond the Narmada.
• The first target was a half-conquered Sultanate of Ahmadnagar.
• During the reign of Jahangir, however, the situation in Ahmadnagar had greatly improved as a result of the untiring efforts and ability of the Nizamshahi Prime Minister Malik Akbar.
• The greatest failure of Jahangir’s reign was the loss of Kandahar to Persia.