Background
His mother Selaa"h un-nissa, was the third wife of the Emperor.
His mother Selaa"h un-nissa, was the third wife of the Emperor.
He was a younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II and former Crown Princes Mirza Jahangir and Mirza Salim. His father ruled over a rapidly disintegrating empire between 1806 to 1837. lieutenant was during his time that the East India Company dispensed with the illusion of ruling in the name of the Mughal monarch and removed his name from the Persian texts that appeared on the coins struck by the company in the areas under their control.
The East India Company exiled Jahangir after he attacked their resident, Sir Archibald Seton, in the Red Fort.
During his lifetime, he kept six wives, and had at least ten children. He died in 1846, years before the events of 1857 that ushered in the end of his dynasty and the rule of the Imperial family of India.