The Anglo-Mughal War (1686-1690)
Despite the fact that Jahangir had given the British East India company permission to build factories in Surat, ties between the company and the Mughals would remain strained and these ties would be sorely tested following the death of Jahangir. Shah Jahan, would be the next to assume the Mughal throne, after a brief battle of ascendency with his brother Shahryar Mirza, a contest that Shah Jahan would win. During the reign of Shah Jahan, the British East India Company would be left mostly to its own devices, to expand and propagate trade, while the Mughals were busy consolidating their empire that was under threat at the time from local sultanates that were trying to break free and assert their independence, and the Mughals would be forced to fight wars on numerous fronts. Following the death of Shah Jahan, his third son Aurangzeb would become emperor, and Aurangzeb would prove to be much more astute than his father and would successfully consolidate the Mughal Empire, including