3) Jahangir was born on 30 August 1569, to Akbar, the Mughal Emperor, and his
Hindu wife, Jodha Bai. He was crowned on 24 October 1605. In the twenty-two
years, he was Emperor, till his death on 28 October 1627, he had many battles to
fight and many rebellions to suppress. But he always found time for his greatest
hobby-the study of animals and plants. He was an avid bird watcher or an
ornithologist as he would be called now, and a keen naturalist. The care and
accuracy with which Jahangir described various characteristics of animals and
birds, their geographical distribution and behaviour, would have done credit to a
full-time naturalist. His observations are recorded in his memoirs, the Tuzuk-i-
Jahangiri.
Jahangir had a small zoo and he would spend hours-sometimes days and nights
together-on his observations. For the first time in the history-ofornithology, he
noted how sarus cranes mate brood over their eggs in turn, and how chicks are
hatched and taken care of. He also observed one human quality in this bird: the
parents love not only their eggs and chicks but also each other.
The Emperor had several famous painters in his court. When he came across a rare
animal, bird or plant, he would instruct an artist to draw it. The painter who
excelled in this art was Ustad Mansur. For modern ornithologists, Jahangir's
collection of paintings provides a strikingly accurate description of the natural
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