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Option 4 : Aurangzeb
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Aurangzeb.
Key PointsAurangzeb:
- He crowned himself with the title of "Alamgir".
- He was called Zinda peer.
- The Mughal area was the largest during the time of Aurangzeb.
- He forbade:
- Singing and dancing in his court
- Sati system and Jharokha darshan.
- Kalma written coin.
- Astrology and Palm reading.
- Tuladan practice.
- Selling and drinking Alcohol and Bhang were prohibited in a public place during his time.
- Aurangzeb used to play "Veena".
- He started the Jaziya tax in 1679.
- He gave permission to the French for setting up a factory at Surat in 1667.
- Monuments:
- Bibi ka Makabara: Aurangabad, Maharastra.
- Moti Masjid: Delhi
- Badshahi Masjid: Lahore.
Additional InformationHumayun:
- He was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the battle of Chausa in 1539.
- He was again defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the battle of Kannauj in 1540.
- Humayunama was written by his half sister "Gulbadan Begum".
- Humayun's tomb was built by his widow Haji Begum (Bega Begum) in Delhi.
- He died in 1556 due to falling from his Library stairs in Purana Quila, Delhi.
Akbar:
- He was born in 1542 at Amrakot, Sindh.
- He was son of Humayun and Hameeda Bano Begum.
- He was crowned by Bairam Khan at Kalanaur, Punjab.
- He established Matrimonial Alliance between Mughal and Rajputs.
- He introduced the Mansabdari system in 1574.
- Monuments:
- Ibadat Khana: Fatehpur Sikri, Agra.
- Buland darwaza: Fatehpur Sikri, Agra.
Jahangir:
- In 1605, Prince Salim succeeded with the title Jahangir (Conqueror of World) when he assumed the throne after the death of Akbar.
- He established Zanjir-i-Adil (chain of justice) at Agra for the seekers of royal justice.
- He is the eldest son of Akbar was born at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra in 1569.
- In 1611, he married Mehr-un-Nisa whom he gave the title of Nur Jahan (light of the world).
- Nurjahan exercised tremendous influence over state affairs. She was made the official Badshah Begum.
- Jahangir issued coins jointly in Nurjahan's name and his own.
- Jahangir also married Manbai in 1585 AD and Jodhbai (Jagat Gosain, daughter of Mota Raja Udai Singh) in 1587 AD.
- He defeated and imprisoned his son, Khusrau Mirza.
- He also beheaded Guru Arjun, the 5th Sikh Guru and one of the supporters of Khusrau Mirza.
- Captain Hawkins (1608-1611) and Sir Thomas Roe (1615-1616) visited Jahangir's court.
- Production of Tobacco started in his reign.
- He wrote his autobiography Tuzuk-i-Jahangir.
- He was buried in Lahore in 1627.
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