HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Babar
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Humayun
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Akbar
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Jahangir
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Detailed explanation-1: -d. Captain William Francis. Hint: Jahangir called him “English Khan". This English Khan had the option to convince the sovereign to give a commission for an English production line at Surat however under the Pressure of the Portuguese Viceroy, the award was removed.
Detailed explanation-2: -From Surat, William Hawkins proceeded to Agra for Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s Court. He was helped by the Viceroy of the Burhanpur midway and after much labor, toil and many dangers; he reached Agra on April 16, 1609. Hawkins was an envoy in the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir for two years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Captain William Hawkins visited Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court in 1608 CE, to negotiate certain concessions for the English East India Company.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jahangir was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He is famous for his ‘golden chain of justice’. A golden chain having 60 bells and weighing several ‘maunds’ was fastened between the Shahburj of Agra fort and a stone pillar raised on the banks of river Jamuna.