The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.2

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EIGHT days after his father's death the new sovereign crowned himself in the fort of Āgra, on Thursday, 3 November, 1605, being then thirty-six years old. In his memoirs he explains that he assumed the new name of Jahāngīr (Holder of the world) because the business of kings is the controlling of the world, and the title of Nūr-ud-dīn (Light of the faith) because he took his seat on the throne shortly after sunrise, and also because this title had been foretold by sages.¹