He was two years younger to Babur and his mother, Fatima Sultan, belonged to the clan of Mughal Tuman Begs.
[1] Jahangir Mirza was the focus of a rival coterie of Mughal Begs for claiming the family fiefdom of Umar Sheikh, the kingdom of Farghana and its dependencies, in the initial years of Babur's reign as a young Timurid prince.
[4] Jahangir Mirza was present at numerous feasts and celebrations by Babur during his onward march towards Kabul.
Jahangir Mirza was awarded Ghazni for his labours in Babur's successful campaign for the conquest of Kabul in 1504.
[6] The last mention of Jahangir Mirza in the Baburnama is in the events of 913 AH when his wife, the mother of his son Pir-i-Muhammad, came to pay respects to Babur.