215. Jahangir: A World of Light And Darkness

Empire

Jack Davenport

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Prince Salim grows up in the continuously expanding empire of his father, Akbar. The young prince is being primed to take on this legacy, but he is more interested in studying the natural world with intense curiosity by dissecting animals and observing their mating rituals. Later, with Akbar dead and Salim ready to rule, he fights off claims to power from his own son, blinding him as punishment for his insubordination. In 1605, Prince Salim becomes Emperor Jahangir, but is it his love of nature or his brutish desire for revenge that characterises his rule? Is he more David Attenborough or Hannibal Lecter? Join Anita and William as they debate this question and explore the early life of the fourth Mughal Emperor. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producers: Anouska Lewis & Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.2	Hello, hello and ho, ho, ho and hello, and welcome to this Boxing Day episode of Empire with me, Anita Arden.
1:04.9	And me, William Dripal.
1:07.4	You sound as if you've been at the Christmas spirits already, Anita.
1:09.2	I'm just on the sherry even now.
1:11.5	Sometimes you need it, William. Sometimes.
1:17.2	What is it about empire that drives you towards your drinks cabinet, I'm kind of looking at him, but look, we are picking up the baton for our Mughal series that we took a little hiatus for over
1:25.6	the Christmas period. We hope you enjoyed the Christmas episodes.
1:28.2	They were very, very fun to do.
1:29.9	But we're talking about, well, we're going to largely concentrate on Jahangir, but remember,
1:35.0	we sort of left Akbar.
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