 This episode is considered to be an example of the struggle for wealth that would later ensue and lead to colonisation of the Indian sub-continent.She was known to receive a jewel from every nobleman "according to his estate" each year on the occasion of New Year's festival.Like only a few other women at the Mughal court, Mariam-uz-Zamani was granted the right to issue official documents by Jahangir, called firmans, usually the exclusive privilege of the emperor.