INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -b Dawar Baksh was proclaimed as Mughal emperor by Asaf Khan on Jahangir’s death to ensure Khurram’s Shahjahan’s enthronement. Upon the death of Jahangir in order to secure the accession of Shahjahan Asaf Khan the brother of Nur Jahan brought Dawar Baksh out of confinement declared him king and sent him to Lahore.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abu’l-Hasan entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Asaf Khan, was the Grand Vizier of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He previously served as the vakil of Jahangir.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khusrau was blinded by his father as punishment. He also had to face a rebellion by his other son Khurram. But this was also settled. Prince Khurram later became the emperor on Jahangir’s death and became known as Shah Jahan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mughal emperor Jahangir granted a Farman to Captain William Hawkins permitting the English to erect a factory at Surat in 1613. In 1615, Thomas Roe, the Ambassador to James I, got an imperial Farman from Jahangir for doing trading and establish factories all across the Mughal empire.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Sun Among Women’; c. 1577 – 18 December 1645) was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. More decisive and proactive than her husband, Nur Jahan is considered by certain historians to have been the real power behind the throne for more than a decade.