Explain in detail why Emperor Jahangir was called 'The Just'.
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Explanation:
Emperor Jahangir and the veneer of justice
OpinionMubarak AliDecember 10, 2018
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When the Iranian faction gained influence during the Abbasid period, they restored ancient Persian court ceremonies that were part of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Sassanid kings became models for Muslim rulers. Of these, Anu Sherwan was popularised as a just ruler.
Thereafter, justice became an important characteristic of their reign of Muslim rulers. Historians also emphasised that justice was the only quality to maintain peace and prosperity in the country. When he seized the reins, Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1605-1627) was keen on following this practice. The emperor’s first order, which was implemented in 1605, was to fasten the chain of justice “so that if those engaged in the administration of justice should delay or practice hypocrisy, the aggrieved might come to this chain and shake it so that its noise might attract [the emperor’s] attention”.
Maulana Shibli, an historian and poet, composed a poem titled ‘Adl-e-Jahangiri’ (The justice of Jahangir). In this poem, he narrated an fictitious incident about a passer-by who accidentally looked at Empress Nur Jahan while she was walking on the roof of her palace. She was infuriated by his audacity, pulled out a pistol and shot him dead. She was charged with murder and appeared in the court of a qazi. To cut a long story short, the qazi was convinced by her arguments and acquitted her.
Jahangir did not interfere with the trial proceedings and was ready to accept the judgment. It was only when she was released that he told her that in case the qazi had called for her execution he wouldn’t be able to do anything to overturn the sentence. Although Shibli tried to propagate Jahangir’s image as the just ruler, it would be wrong to attribute this title to him.
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Answer:
Jahangir was also called akbar the great
Explanation:
Great. Jahangir was a known for his ambivalent stance on religion and his love for art. Like most Mughal rulers, Jahangir has given India few of the most iconic structures that have lasted the centuries without losing their glory.
Also known as Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, he was known as the patron of arts. Jahangir was said to be a just ruler, one who personally paid heed to the grievances of his people.
Here are a few facts about the Mughal ruler who lives through the work of arts he endorsed:
Jahangir was the eldest son of Akbar and was trained by the best of teachers in his kingdom
Jahangir ruled the Mughal Empire for 22 years
It was under his reign that the first ruler in the Sishodia Dynasty openly professed allegiance to a Mughal ruler
Despite the long conflict with the Hindu rulers, Jahangir went on to honor the kings by placing life-size marble statues of the Rana and his son in the gardens of his palace at Agra
Unlike popular representations of the emperor, it was Jahangir, and not Akbar, who married a Rajput Princess named Jodhaa Bai
Jahangir's era is credited with the construction of monuments like Itimad-ud-daulah in 1622, where the use of white marble started hinting towards a new era of architecture in the Mughal emperor. The art culminated in the form of Taj Mahal built by his son Shah Jahan
The popular Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar was built by Jahangir in order to reproduce the beauty of Kashmir
Jahangir died in Kashmir in the month of October 1627, he was soon succeeded by Shah Jahan, who claimed the throne in 1628
Unlike the popular narrative suggested by English historians, who claimed that Jahangir was a tyrant, the latest historiography credits him as a highly learned man who was interested in subjects like Botany and Zoology.