{"slug": "jahangir", "label": "Jahangir", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83653", "qid": "Q83653", "description": "the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627", "entries": 21, "years": 14, "span": [1569, 1641], "span_label": ["1569 CE", "1641 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Jehangir"], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "thomas-roe", "label": "Thomas Roe", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "shah-jahan", "label": "Shah Jahan", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "akbar", "label": "Akbar", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ahmedabad", "label": "Ahmedabad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ahom-kingdom", "label": "Ahom kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "presidencies-and-provinces-of-british-india", "label": "Presidencies and provinces of British India", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Mughal Emperor Akbar founds Fatehpur Sikri, to honor the Muslim holy man Shaikh Salim Chisti, who has foretold the birth of Akbar's son and heir, Jahangir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#Dates_unknown", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Events › Dates unknown"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Prince Salim (later named Jahangir) was born to Akbar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334971688#Births", "title": "1569 in India", "revid": 1334971688, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#Births", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 13", "text": "13 May – Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, later became the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and mother of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (died 1619)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323609787#Births", "title": "1573 in India", "revid": 1323609787, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, the prime minister for India's Mughal Emperor Akbar, is assassinated at Narwar as part of a plot by Emperor Akbar's son, Prince Salim, who will later succeed Akbar as Emperor Jahangir. Abu'l-Fazl's killer, Vir Singh Bundela, sends the victim's severed head to Prince Salim as proof of the plot's success.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#July–September", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 16", "text": "16 October – The reign of Jehangir begins (reigned till 28 October 1627).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344089413#Events", "title": "1605 in India", "revid": 1344089413, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Jahangir, the fourth Mughal Emperor, begins his 22-year reign over the Mughal Empire in northern India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#October–December", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Prince Khurram, the 20-year-old son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, marries 19-year-old Arjumand Banu Begum at a ceremony in Delhi. In 1628, Khurram becomes the Emperor Shah Jahan with Arjumand Begum as his chief consort Mumtaz Mahal. Arjumand dies in 1631 and Khurram later commissions and builds the Taj Mahal in her memory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#April–June", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Sir Thomas Roe sets out to become the first ambassador from the court of the King of England to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, departing from Tilbury Hope on the ship Lyon under the command of captain Christopher Newport.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365922608#January–March", "title": "1615", "revid": 1365922608, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – The Mughals under Jahangir launch the first offensive against Kajali, a border post of the Ahom kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365922608#October–December", "title": "1615", "revid": 1365922608, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – English diplomat Sir Thomas Roe presents his credentials to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, in Ajmer Fort, opening the door to the British presence in India. Roe sailed in the Lyon under the command of captain Christopher Newport, best known for his role in the Virginia colonies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#January–February", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – Mughal Emperor Jahangir confers the title of Nur Jahan ('Light of the World') on his 20th wife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#March-April", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › March-April"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – The weighing ceremony of Jahangir is described by the first English ambassador to the Mughal court, Sir Thomas Roe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#July–September", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Jahangir, ruler of the Mughal Empire in northern India, gives an audience for the first time to a representative of the British East India Company, receiving Sir Thomas Roe at the capital at Ahmedabad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#January–March", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1619, "year_label": "1619 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Jahangir grants a British mission important commercial concessions at Surat, on the west coast of India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369562130#Date_unknown", "title": "1619", "revid": 1369562130, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The Mughal Emperor Jahangir dies of a respiratory illness near Bhimber while attempting to return to his palace at Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#Deaths", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Shahryar Mirza, the 22-year-old son of Jahangir and son-in-law of Jahangir's widow Nur Jahan, is installed as the new Mughal Emperor at Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – (26 Jumada I 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, Jahangir, as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name Shah Jahan and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#January–March", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Death of Jehangir and accession to the Mughal throne of Shah Jahan (born 1592, deposed 1658, died 1666)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246599754#Events", "title": "1629 in India", "revid": 1246599754, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1641, "year_label": "1641 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – In India, in the modern-day Rajasthan state, the Mughal Grand Vizier Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan is killed in a battle in Bundi against the armies of Nurpur, commanded by the Raja Jagat Singh. The elaborate Tomb of Asif Khan is constructed at Lahore (modern Pakistan) on orders of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343658448#April–June", "title": "1641", "revid": 1343658448, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}