Note on imperial mobility: The constant military campaigns that characterized the reign of the first three Mughal emperors resulted in the acquisition of a large swathe of territory extending from Kabul to much of northern India. While Kabul was a stable seat of imperial power with a well-regulated system of administration, the newly acquired territories in South Asia were a lot more volatile in the sense that, although the Mughals had nominally conquered the land, they had not yet established their presence. Large, mobile imperial camps accompanied military campaigns and effectively brought the center to the periphery. These camps were the equivalent of a spatially untempered capital; they served as centers of administration and expressions of strength, enabling the emperor to consolidate power by shifting his focus and resources onto recently acquired territories. This may also explain the political motivations behind Akbar's perpetually shifting imperial capital. Unrest in the northwest may well have caused him to relocate the center to Lahore, for instance.