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Jahangir's relation with Spiritual Jaina Leaders
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After his return from the royal-court, he died. Mana Simha, who also accompanied him to Akbar's court at that time, was also adorned with the title of 'Jina Simha Suri' and enjoyed the dignity of an Ācārya. His disciple, Rajasamundra, says that he was honoured by Jahangir, who ordered Muqarrab Khan to invest on him the title of 'Yuga Pradhāna' which was previously bestowed on his master Jinacandra. This is also supported by an epigraphic evidence.25
In 1617-18 AD, Jahangir was anxious to see him, and sent a farman to his officer asking him to send him to his court. Jina Simha, thereupon, left Bikaner but after he had passed through Medta, he died in 1618 AD. This evidence is also based on Jaina sources. 26 But, this evidence does not reconcile with the bitter and abusive remarks which Jahangir makes, in his memoirs, against Mana Simha, which will be discussed later.
In 1613 AD, Jahangir was in Ajmer, where he issued tow farmans in favor of the Jains. It is stated that Chandu Sanghavi (probably Samnghapati, Chandrapara, of Agra) offered a precious gift to the Emperor, and prayed that ten Bīghās of land may be granted to him in village Akbarpur, for the purpose of building a temple and a garden in the memory of Vijayasena Sūri.?' In making this grant, Jahangir undoubtedly followed his father's footsteps, who had made a similar grant, in 1595 AD, at Una in Saurashtra, for the deceased Jaina leader, Hīravijaya Sūri.28 Thereupon, an order, shining like rays of the Sun and worth being obeyed by the world, was passed that Chandu Sanghavi be granted a plot of agricultural land measuring ten bighās at Akbarpur in Chorasi Pargana, which is near Cambay, as a jāgīra known as 'madad-i-maash'.29 Jahangir had given special order that no trouble should be given to them and no demand should be made for dues of any kind. Thus, the land was made free from all diwani and sultani exactions for ever with a special instruction that the order which is (hereby) given should not be infringed and that all should consider as their duty due to the government.0
