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Jahangir
ruled after his father Akbar. He designed the Shalimar
Gardens in Kashmir and buildings and gardens in
Lahore. It was he who met the first Englishman to
visit the Mughal court, a Captain Wiliam Hawkins
who had gone to Jahangir to get permission to open
a factory. Hawkins and Jahangir got on so well Jahangir
ensured that Hawkins stayed there for more than
six months and married a woman of Jahangir's choice.
Seeing advantages for himself and his empire he
gave permission for an English factory to be set
up at Surat. There was to be a factory there from
the Netherlands, which at the time was ruled by
Maurits.
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