{"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": 14, "years": 10, "span": [1569, 1641], "span_label": ["1569 CE", "1641 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "akbar", "label": "Akbar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "british-east-india-company", "label": "British East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colony-of-virginia", "label": "Colony of Virginia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-india", "label": "British India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "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": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "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": "Births", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Shahryar, fifth and youngest son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (d. 1628)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#January–March", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"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": 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": "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": 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": 1641, "year_label": "1641 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "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"}}]}