Asaf Khan crowned a Mughal prince to hold the throne for Shah Jahan, and Shah Jahan had him imprisoned and killed

Emperor Jahangir died on the road from Kashmir on 28 Safar 1037 AH. His son Prince Khurram, later Shah Jahan, was far away in the Deccan. His wife Nur Jahan wanted her son-in-law, Prince Shahriyar, to succeed. Her brother Asaf Khan, Khurram's father-in-law, brought Dawar Bakhsh, son of the dead Prince Khusrau, out of confinement and promised him the throne. Dawar did not believe it until they swore oaths. Asaf Khan sent a runner, Banarasi, to Khurram with his signet ring as proof. Mu'tamad Khan's chronicle says the nobles understood that Dawar was "a mere sacrificial lamb." The Friday sermon was read in Dawar's name. At Lahore, Shahriyar seized the royal treasure and gave out seventy lakh rupees in one week. His troops broke at the first attack. He hid in the late emperor's harem, was brought bound before Dawar Bakhsh and was blinded two or three days later. Shah Jahan sent an order that Dawar, Shahriyar and the sons of Prince Daniyal be "sent out of the world." On 2 Jumada I 1037 AH he was proclaimed at Lahore and Dawar was imprisoned. On 26 Jumada I (23 January 1628) they were all put to death. Jahangir was buried at Lahore in a garden Nur Jahan had made.