roe visited the court of jahangir in 1615.
roe visited the court of jahangir in 1615.
who visited the court of jahangir in 1615?
roe
in 1614, roe was elected member of parliament for tamworth. from 1615 to 1618, he was ambassador to the court at agra, india, of the great mughal ruler, jahangir. the principal object of the mission was to obtain protection for the east india company`s factory at surat. at the mughal court, roe allegedly became a favorite of jahangir and may have been his drinking partner. this greatly enhanced roe's status with the mughals. his journal was a valuable source of information for the reign of jahangir.
thomas roe
under jahangir, the empire continued to be a war state attuned to conquest and expansion. jahangir's most irksome foe was the rana of mewar, amar singh, who finally surrendered in 1613 to khurram's forces. in the northeast, the mughals clashed with the ahoms of assam, whose guerilla tactics gave the mughals a hard time. in northern india, jahangir's forces under khurram defeated their other principal adversary, the raja of kangra, in 1615; in the deccan, his victories further consolidated the empire. but in 1620, jahangir fell sick, and so ensued the familiar quest for power. nur jahan married her daughter to shahryar, jahangir's youngest son from his other queen, in the hope of having a living male heir to the throne when jahangir died.
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