Mahabat Khan's coup d'etat is an event of gigantic significance in the history of the Mughal empire. It was the first revolt of a Mughal noble which reduced the Emperor Jahangir to the position of a prisoner and transferred all normal government for the moment, into the hands of Mahabat Khan. The relevant factors, personal, political and religious, combined to determine Mahabat's attitude towards Jahangir and led to a serious though short-lived crisis in the ...
