Q. The nimbus formed a special feature of Mughal portraiture under

A
Shah Jahan
B
Aurangzeb
C
Jahangir
D
Akbar
Solution:

Jahangir

  • Early name of Jahangir was Salim
  • Akbar called him Sheika Baba
  • Jahingir came to throne in 1605
  • Jahingir was the son of Akbar and Jodabai.
  • He married Meharunissa,an Afgan widow in 1611. Later he gave her the title,Noor Mahal ( Light of the palace) Noor Jahan ( Light of the world) and Padusha Begam.
  • In 1609,Jahangir received William Hawkins,an envoy of King James I of England,who reached India to get trade concession.
  • In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of Jahangir as the first ambassodar of James I England.As a result of his efforts first English factory was established at Surat in Gujrat.
  • Period of Jahangir is considerd as the Golden age of Mughal Painting.
  • Jahangir built Shalimar & Nishant gardens in Srinagr.
  • Jahangir wrote his autobiography Tuzukh-i-Jahangiri in Persian language.
  • Jahangir died in 1627 and was creamted at Shahdhara in Lahore.
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