Akbar's son Salim had broken into an open rebellion and declared himself Emperor in 1600 when his father was away from the capital on an expedition.

Akbar had had to hastily return to Agra and restore order.

At one time, Akbar had thought of putting his eldest grandson Khusrau Mirza on the throne instead of Salim.

Prince Salim forcefully succeeds to the throne on November 3, 1605, eight days after his father's death, ascending at thirty-six with the title of Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Badshah Ghazi, thus beginning what is to be his twenty-two-year reign of the Mughal Empire.