The Mughal Empire was a militant state attuned to conquest and expansion and it continued to be so under Jahangir. He fought many battles to expand his territory; Jahangir led campaigns against the Ahoms of Burma, Kangra, and most of the States of the Deccan region. While these wars gave Jahangir great prestige and power, his army got tired of them. Soon, the soldiers lost their interest in the king’s royal orders.
The Raja of Kangra was their principal rival in the north. Jahangir’s forces under Khurram defeated him in 1615. Though they met with victories in many battles, the Mughals were once defeated by the Safavids at Kandahar. By 1626, Jahangir began to contemplate an alliance between the Ottomans, Mughals and Uzbeks against the Safavids. However, Jahangir’s ambition did not materialize; he died in 1627 near Sarai Saadabad while travelling from Kashmir to Lahore. It is said that he drank too much.
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