Jahangir Gender Roles

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As we know and have learned over the number of chapters, in the early history women were seen as inferior to men for the most part. Men in the early history in almost all societies were the ones with the power and say so throughout the societies. Gender inequality shows a major presents within these early societies because that is how these societies were shaped to be. Even though these societies were shaped around gender inequality it was something that had an impact on many especially the women of these times. Because not only were women always given the short end of the stick but many felt as if they were just as capable of doing exactly what the men did. And in fact many women did whatever possible within their power to be the best they …show more content…

Both Jahangir and Nur Jahan played a great role in the development of the Persian Islamic legacy in India. Religion was one of the key points that Jahangir and Nur Jahan focused on when providing India with the Persian Islamic legacy. Another key point that helped shape this legacy was the fact of royalty and power. Jahangir was born in 1569 and became of power when he inherited a rather great and substantial empire form his father. However even though Jahangir inherited this empire from his father, he himself was very uninterested in the political or military aspects of the empire. Rather than engaging political and/or military acts, he appreciated the little things that came along with royalty such as drinking alcohol and spending money. As for Nur Jahan she was born in either 1576 or 1577 in which began life as an immigrant as well as of poverty. Nur Jahan’s grandfather was an administrator for the Safavid in Iran. Not only was he an administrator but he was a very well know Persian poet. Nur Jahan’s Persian and Shi’I backgrounds played a great role in her accomplishments as empress. Jahangir and Nur Jahan were later married, which is when Nur Jahan had major influence on Jahangir when we was faced with making important decisions. Women with influence was rare for this time period, however Jahangir believed that Nur Jahan had the capability and the knowledge to …show more content…

We can began to see what the differences were between how Matsuo and Ito became successful compared to how Jahangir and Nur Jahan became successful. Not only will we take a look at how these people became of importance to their societies but also the fact of gender roles and how they differed from time and place. Meanwhile even though it may seem that gender roles was one of the main focuses during this period of history, however religion also played a great role as well. As we seen in the nineteenth century Matsuo was a peasant women whose job was basically to do work in the fields, the household, and also to take part in the local commerce. Whereas for Nur Jahan in the 1500’s, she was born into immigrant circumstances and was also considered to be born into poverty as well. Unlike Nur Jahan, Matsuo lived a rather lavish lifestyle and had the freedom and also had the ability and the power to make important decisions when need be. As for Nur Jahan she did not have the freedom, the ability, or the power to make decisions even though she was fully capable of doings so, which is why Jahangir had so much trust in her because he knew how intelligent she really was. With Jahangir having so much trust in Nur Jahan she often times had great influence on his decision making. However even though Matsuo was born a peasant and had the

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