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In the late 1500s, an exiled Iranian family finds refuge in Lahore. Daughter Nisa, age 12, vows she will one day marry the future king, Prince Salim.
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Akbar's inner circle doubts his loyalty to Muslims. Nisa is taken to see a tavern. To win back his father's trust, Salim asks Fazl for a favor.
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Salim's fiancee makes a strong first impression. Nisa manipulates her father's emotions. Quick-tempered Salim commits a diplomatic faux pas.
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The queen puts Jagat in her place. Akbar makes a decision that worries Fazl and Khan-I-Khanan. At the wedding, Nisa catches the queen's attention.
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Fazl and Khan-I-Khanan manipulate Akbar to make a change in law. Salim plots a way to ensure his succession. Jagat and the queen have a cook-off.
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A show of affection toward Daniyal spurs Salim into action. While trying to cover his tracks, Mahabat hits a snag. Fazl learns of Salim's misdeed.
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Ruqaiyya imparts her wisdom to Nisa. Jagat makes a cruel comment, which the queen later uses against her. Nisa's father returns from a trip with news.
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Six and a half years have passed. Nisa returns to Lahore with her family and visits the queen. Salim returns from war defeated, while Daniyal shines.
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Nisa's father and brothers are hired to work for Akbar. Fazl tries to turn Daniyal against Salim. Nisa employs brother Mahmud's spy skills.
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Salim confides in Nisa, who gives him some wise advice. The queen issues a warning to Nisa. Khan-I-Khanan finds himself indebted to an unlikely hero.
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Jagat learns Salim's latest romance isn't just a fling. Mahabat and Koka discover who is influencing Salim's decisions. Salim makes Nisa a promise.
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Salim visits Daniyal and finds him much changed. After receiving a secret warning of Nisa's influence over Salim, Jagat plots to ruin her reputation.
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Akbar meets Ali Quli and gives him a mission. When her plan to sully Nisa's name backfires, Jagat steps up her game and drops a bombshell on Akbar.
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Salim gives Daniyal premarital advice. Akbar tries to verify whether Jagat's claim is true, and meets with Nisa's father to discuss her marriage.
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Man Singh reveals a tightly kept royal secret to Abul and gives him a mission. Salim and Nisa arrange a clandestine rendezvous and make a plan.
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Salim's older son receives a questionable gift, and meets a kindred spirit. Salim learns what the consequences will be if he disobeys Akbar's orders.
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Nisa receives an anonymous gift from the palace. Mahabat strikes a deal with a dark force in the Deccan. Salim begs Abul to relay a message to Nisa.
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Three months have passed. Daniyal's army is dealt a series of harsh blows, while Murad shows a preference for love over war. Nisa runs into Akbar.
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Unable to cope with her emotional pain, Nisa visits a doctor. Ali Quli questions Salim's nonviolent war strategy and makes a cruel comment about Nisa.
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Akbar visits Salim's camp, bringing a woman with him. Salim finds a way to lift Nisa's spirits from afar. A traitor gains access to an ailing Daniyal.
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Salim takes steps to give Akbar a taste of his own medicine. Malik Ambar names a higher price for his continued help. Ali Quli reveals a fear to Nisa.
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Salim realizes his plan for revenge may hurt more than just his father. After visiting her parents, Nisa comes home to a nasty surprise.
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Salim receives an order from his father. The queen visits a distraught Nisa and gives her advice. Mahabat proposes a way for Salim to win the throne.
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Ali Quli betrays Salim's confidence. Murad is stunned by a rejection. Chand Bibi makes a decision that alarms her court. Akbar arrives in the Deccan.
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Salim's army plans a way to gain peaceful entry to the treasury. Insincere affections and an ambush change the course of war in Gujrat and the Deccan.
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Nisa learns upsetting news about Yasmin. The queen begs Salim to give up his rebellious mission. Fazl learns Salim was behind Daniyal's defeat.
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Mahabat and Koka celebrate Fazl's death but their celebrations are brought to a halt when Salim decides to call off the attack on the fort. Koka and Mahabat plan on attacking the fort, anyway. Much to their dismay, Salim stops them at the forts entry and threatens to have them beheaded if they ever repeated the mistake again.
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Nissa refuses to let Yasmin abort the child. Salim writes to Nissa and returns the bracelet. Akbar and Ruqaiyya talk about the possibilities of the future king, with Ruqaiyya telling Akbar that Salim is remorseful over things he has done in the past. Meanwhile, Yasmin delivers a baby boy. Nawaz suggests that Nissa keep the baby Nissa refuses and warns Nawaz to not harm Yasmin in any manner. After a time lapse of four years, we see Abul Hasan giving Salim a lowdown on crucial matters in Lahore and Nissa's pregnancy.
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Nissa gives birth to Laadli. Ruqaiyya visits Laadli and asks Nissa to pray for Salims return. When Ali Quli discusses courtly matters with Nissa, she wonders how Khusrau will gain support at court and from the people. She writes to Salim. Akbar apologizes to Ruqaiyya for his indiscretion over Nadira. Murad dies but not before telling Akbar that Salim will return to Lahore. While on his way back, Salim receives news about Murad's death and is shattered.
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Khusrau challenges Salim to a kushti match. Jagat tells Salim that by accepting Khusraus challenge, he has acknowledged the young prince. Salim says that if he hadn't accepted the proposal, he would be spoken about as a coward prince. Salim asks Nissa to meet him. Nissa tricks Ali Quli into believing that if she goes to the zenana more often, she will have information for him on the Khusrau front. Nissa meets Salim and they share a romantic moment. Nissa asks Yasmin if she was sent to her by Salim.
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The people of the kingdom worry about Akbar's ill health. Painful rumors abound. People wonder who their next king will be. Ruqaiyya is irritated with people pouring in, concerned about the kings ill health and pours her heart out to Nisa.
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Akbar grants Salim the permission to do as he pleases with the enemy. Akbar crowns Salim the next Mughal emperor and pleads to know the truth about Fazls death. Salim lies about his involvement and Akbar passes away peacefully. Salim is now Shehenshah-E-Hind Jehangir. Ruqaiyya leaves for the Dowager palace and Asmat urges Ghiaz Beg to speak to Jehangir for Mahmud and Ali Qulis acquittal. Jehangir meets Nisa and she asks him to be fair with Ali Quli and punish him in the same manner as he would the other prisoners.
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Jagat asks Mahabat to ensure that Ali Quli isn't killed but is sent away. In return, Mahabat asks her to ensure that hes made the wazir-e-Azam. Jehangir punishes the dissidents and grudgingly sends Ali Quli and Nisa to Burdwan. When Ali Quli leaves for Burdwan with Nisa, she receives the new coin and is reminded of the time when she received a coin from Salim as a child.
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Man Bai pleads with Jehangir to forgive Khusrau. Khusrau on the other hand, requests permission to visit Akbars grave. Jehangir says hell decide on both matters after his return from the shikhaar. Both Man Bai and Hoshiyaar, on bumping into Khusrau, ask him to be wary of doing anything that would anger Jehangir. Man Bai kills herself on hearing the news about her sons escape.
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Jehangir learns about Khusraus escape and advancement towards the Agra fort. On their arrival at Agra, Nisa informs Abul Hasan of Ali Qulis plan and her brother tells her about their fathers strange behavior. Jehangir has a dream wherein Akbar tells him that his sons will give him insurmountable pain, foreshadowing the future. In spite of Koka and Mahabats requests, Jehangir decides to fight his son. On hearing about his mothers death, Khusrau commands his unprepared army to attack the fort that very night.
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Abul Hasans army fights Khusraus fractured army and sends them packing. Nisa comes up with a plan to disintegrate Khusraus army and succeeds in doing so. Ghiaz Beg escapes from the fort and lets Jehangir know about Khusraus crumbling army.
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Khusrau abandons his army but is captured by Jehangir. The father asks his son how he wishes to be punished. Khusrau asks his supporters to be punished but begs for mercy to be showed on him. Jehangir has him walk along a street lined with impaled bodies of his supporters, much to his shock. Jehangir and his entourage are welcomed at the Agra fort with much fanfare.
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Jagat cant fathom the fact that her son is getting married to Nisa's niece. Mahabat asks for all official documents of the royal khazana to be brought in and on studying the same, discovers discrepancies in Ghiaz Begs dealings. Just as Jehangir contemplates Mahmuds future, Mahabat informs him about Ghiaz Beg. The king decides to look into these matters after the engagement. Mahabat shares the information with Jagat, who doesn't miss a chance to insult Nisa at Khurram and Arjumands engagement.
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Nisa sees her father take bribe and confronts him about the same. He admits to her that he has been in a bad financial state for a long time now, a point that Jagat drives home too in a heated argument between the two. Jehangir requests Nisa to meet him and when she does, tells her that he intends to ask Ali Quli to divorce her. When Ghiaz Beg is made to confess about the bribes he took, Jehangir says to him that all will be forgiven if he gets his son-in-law to divorce his daughter and Ghiaz Beg agrees.
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Ali Quli refuses to divorce Nisa and announces that he will take on Jehangir. The king decides to send his trusted friend and advisor, Koka to Bengal to discuss the matter with Ali Quli. Jagat rants to Mahabat about their consistent failures at driving Jehangir and Nisa away from one another. As a last attempt at the same, Mahabat sends a letter to Ali Quli, informing him about Kokas arrival. The letter states that Koka will arrive in Bengal with murder on his agenda. What ensues is a bloody fight in which Ali Quli, Koka and Yasmin are killed brutally.
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Nisa escapes with Laadli and Danish in tow. On the run in the wilderness, Nisa discovers that she is being chased for the death of Ali Quli. Jehangir orders his army to look for her as well. Beating all odds, Nisa reaches her house and visits Ruqaiyya at the earliest. Ruqaiyya dresses her up and presents her to Jehangir, whose happiness knows no bounds. Ruqaiyya also makes sure that the news about Nisas arrival reaches Jagat and the two fiery women have some altercations. Jagat breaks down before Mahabat and insists that their game is up - she has lost her husband to the woman she has always only hated, Nisa.
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Pasha Begum conspires against Nissa so as to disrespect her. Badshah comes and meets Nisa, and requests her to come to his palace, but Nissa declines as it would bring shame to her family. Badshah Jahangir thinks of how the nobles could allow the marriage and comes up with a strategy. Transfering and reconstructing the positions of nobles in the kingdom, he makes sure they agree to his conditions, thus allowing him to unite with Nissa. Jahangir marries Nissa and brings her back to the palace with respect. He names her Nur Jahan and gets the royal coins inscribed with her name.
Koka
Young Empress Nur Jahan
Mehrunissa
Prince Daniyal
Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal)
Akbar
Salim
Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
Asmat Begum