A manuscript study group compares paintings from Jahangir's court with an official report on justice. The report claims that Jahangir ordered a "chain of ju...
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A manuscript study group compares paintings from Jahangir's court with an official report on justice. The report claims that Jahangir ordered a "chain of justice" so that subjects could appeal directly to him. The paintings show close observation of birds, animals and court ceremonies, while the group also knows that powerful nobles remained important. Explain what this evidence suggests about the nature of Mughal kingship in the seventeenth century.
(a) Identify the emperor associated with the chain of justice. [1]
(b) Describe what the chain of justice was intended to allow. [1]
(c) Explain why public displays of justice were important for a Mughal emperor. [2]
Answer Details
(a) Jahangir [1] (b) Subjects could appeal directly to the emperor about injustice [1]. (c) They presented the emperor as a fair protector of his people [1]; this could strengthen obedience and legitimacy among subjects and nobles [1].
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