LAWS AND PROCEDURES REGARDING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE WORK OF "JAHONGIRNOMA"

Abstract

This article provides brief scientific information about laws and procedures related to state administration in the work "Jahongirnama" on the history of the Great Babur state. Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the great Babur state, left Movarunnahr and settled in Kabul in 1504 and gradually expanded the borders of his state. After taking control of Balkh in the north and Kandahar in the west, Babur tried to conquer India. In 1526, King Babur, who defeated Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat, moved the capital of his state from Kabul to Agra. Later all the Babury rulers were crowned on Indian soil.

After the death of the great statesman and general Babur in Agra, King Humayun, who ascended the throne, continued his father's style of governing the country. In this period, it can be felt that the influence of Islam was stronger. During the reign of Jalaliddin Muhammad Akbar, the third king of the Baburids state, made some changes took place in the management system. Due to the administrative and religious reforms of King Akbar, representatives of other religions were given a wide place in the palace.

After taking the throne, King Jahangir installed a golden chain with a bell called the chain of justice on the wall of his palace in order to conduct work based on the principles of justice in the management of the country, which consisted of twelve points. King Jahangir developed these laws based on the rules of his great ancestors Amir Temur and Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur. Nuriddin Muhammad Jahangir aimed to rule the country based on the principles of justice according to the teachings and advice of his great grandfathers, Amir Temur and Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur. King Jahangir installed a golden chain called the chain of justice on the wall of his palace. The length of this golden zagjir is thirty gaz, and sixty silver bells are hanging on it. If in the matter of those seeking justice, the oppressed might come to this chain and shake it so that its noise might attract attention and demand the king's personal intervention in eliminating the injustice.

These rules of order of King Jahangir served as the main guide for the administration of the country for later Baburid rulers.