Role of royal family's members and nobles in overseas trade during Mughal Period

The present study basically deals with the position of the imperial family's members and nobles in overseas trade activity. During the seventeenth century, the interest of the Mughal Emperor and nobles towards commercial activities, specially foreign trade were largely confined to the procuring of rare and costly articles and to the ensuring of a regular supply of Arab and Iraqi horses for their armed forces and for purpose of display. The commercial profit formed a supplementary source of income for the ruling sections in the Mughal Empire during the 17^th century.