Nūr Jahān, wielder of the imperial seal

Jahāngīr was quite a sick man and described how Nūr Jahān was better than any doctor at making him feel better. Jahāngīr also wrote about how Nūr Jahān was a skilful hunter, managing to shoot a lion whilst sitting on an elephant. Jahāngīr was not a strong ruler, and gave Nūr Jahān his imperial seal, making her the true ruler of Mughal India. This made her very powerful and she even minted her own coins and issued royal orders that everyone had to follow. During the last years of Jahāngīr's life she used her power to build a huge white marble tomb for her father.