Starter quiz
- Mehr al-Nesā's husband was killed and she became a widow.
- True ✓
- False
- Mehr al-Nesā was welcomed to the emperor's ______
- party
- court ✓
- dinner
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- Emperor Jahāngīr had ______ wives before he met Mehr al-Nesā.
- '19' ✓
- Nūr Jahān means ‘Light of the World’.
- True ✓
- False
- Match these keywords to their definitions.
- official⇔someone who works for someone important like the Mughal Emperor ✓
- widow⇔when someone becomes this, it means their husband or wife has died ✓
- court⇔a place where the emperor would make decisions about the empire ✓
- After they were married, Jahāngīr rewarded Nūr Jahān's family.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Emperor Jahāngīr had many ...
- pets.
- responsibilities. ✓
- worries.
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- Nūr Jahān helped the emperor with his responsibilities because he was often...
- 'ill' ✓
- Historians know a lot about how Nūr Jahān helped Emperor Jahāngīr from his ...
- diaries. ✓
- newspapers.
- photographs.
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- Nūr Jahān proved she could be a strong ruler.
- True ✓
- False
- Emperor Jahāngīr gave Nūr Jahān his imperial...
- 'seal' ✓
- What was the last thing Nūr Jahān did with her power?
- issued orders
- minted coins
- built her father a tomb ✓
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Key learning points
- Jahāngīr was quite a sick man and described how Nūr Jahān was better than any doctor at making him feel better.
- Jahāngīr also wrote about how Nūr Jahān was a skilful hunter, managing to shoot a lion whilst sitting on an elephant.
- Jahāngīr was not a strong ruler, and gave Nūr Jahān his imperial seal, making her the true ruler of Mughal India.
- This made her very powerful and she even minted her own coins and issued royal orders that everyone had to follow.
- During the last years of Jahāngīr's life she used her power to build a huge white marble tomb for her father.
Common misconception
Pupils may think Emperor Jahāngīr was angry with Nūr Jahān for becoming powerful.
Explain to pupils that Emperor Jahāngīr admired Nūr Jahān and was grateful to her for looking after him and taking care of his responsibilities while he was ill.
Keywords
Responsibility - responsibility is when someone has a duty to deal with something
Seal - a seal is a piece of wax that is stamped onto papers
Minting - minting is the process of making coins
Tomb - a tomb is a large stone structure built to bury the dead.
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