The Nazar system was a defining feature of Islamic regimes in India. In practice, it normalised political and official corruption at all levels beginning with the monarch himself, and was responsible for disfiguring the ancient Sanatana ideals of Dharma and Karma.
In the final episode of this series, we get an eyewitness account of the kind of houses Jahangir's nobles built, the typical menu of the food they ate and the pathetic condition of their concubines.
A vivid and heart-rending description of the wretched life of the common people in Jahangir's kingdom. Extortion, unpaid, labour, and rampant exploitation were the characteristic traits of his regime.
