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*As told in the history of the Indian Empire by Dr Faroukh Khan
The ascendance of Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, Abu'l-Fath Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah Ghazi, otherwise known as Jahangir I, would be considered a turning point for the Indian Empire at Delhi, as Emperor Akbar died. The empire was a standard of wealth and imperialism unlike no other, and in his death the late emperor had left a treasury holding vast amounts of wealth that would strike a man blind if he ever saw it with the naked eye. He also left something more, a wealth of culture and philosophy that pervaded everyday life in the imperial court.
The main goal of the empire was to recapture Samarqand, for it was the place where Babur had hailed from, and was the birthplace of the empire of which we live in today, but Jahangir, upon becoming emperor, rejected that goal. He argued that the best place to expand would be the south, and as emperor it was his duty to make sure his empire prospered. What was hidden from public fact, was that while he was a capable commander, he was an incompetent ruler, and left that to his wife, Nur Jahan.
He craved the heat of battle, blood on his sword and valour in his heart, and, so, on the morning of January 26th, 1606, Jahangir began his march to the south.
The Deccan Conquests
Jahangir began his attack on Golconda first, easily removing its weakened defenses, and worked very opportunistically. He wooed some of the Muslim states in the south to weaken their Hindu neighbours, and they did what was told to them, for none of them wanted to challenge the Mughal Emperor. What he really did, however, was weaken his future conquests, and although none of them realised it yet, they had been tricked into falling prey to Jahangir's sinking fangs. By the end of a decade, Jahangir had conquered vital regions of the Oriyan Coast and had laid the foundations of inner skirmishes between the South Indian states on which one should get what, adopting a policy of non-interference on the topic, waiting on the opportunity to strike.