India: Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings. Watercolour painting from the St. Petersburg Album by Bichitr (fl. 1610-1660), c. 1615-1618. Jahangir (20 September 1569 - 8 November 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگیر, meaning 'World Conqueror'. Nur-ud-din or Nur al-Din is an Arabic name which means 'Light of the Faith'. Born as Prince Muhammad Salim, he was the third and eldest surviving son of Mogul Emperor Akbar. Akbar's twin sons, Hasan and Hussain, died in infancy.

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