Packet 10: Tossup 16

This ruler dedicated a game reserve’s Hiran Minar to his pet antelope. This conqueror of the Kangra Fort had Abu’l-Hasan paint him shooting the head of the Ethiopian-born (10[1])peshwa (10[1])Malik Ambar, whom he curses (-5[1])in his memoir. (-5[1])The public could appeal (10[1]-5[1])directly to this ruler by ringing the bells of his giant gold “chain of justice.” (-5[3])This ruler issued new firmans for Surat (-5[1])after the capture of the ship Rahīmī and the Battle of Swally. This ruler warred over Kandahar with Shah Abbas (-5[1])I, whom this ruler embraces (-5[1])in a (-5[1])propagandistic miniature. (10[1])Many of this hunting enthusiast’s policies were set by his wife, (10[1])Nur (10[1])Jahan. (-5[2])This (10[1])founder of Old Dhaka (10[1])thanked James I for the embassy of his drinking partner Thomas Roe, who got his approval for factories in Ahmedabad and Agra. For 10 points, what Mughal “world seizer” was the father (10[1])of Shah Jahan? (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[6])

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