Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645), born Mehr-un-Nissa was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor...
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1666), commonly called Shah Jahan I (Persian pronunciation: [ʃɑːh d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]; lit. 'King of the World'), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was Emperor...
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The Tomb of Nur Jahan (Urdu: مقبرہ نورجہاں) is a 17th-century mausoleum in Lahore, Pakistan, that was built for the Mughal empress Nur Jahan. The tomb's...
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Mihr-un-nissa Begum (redirect from Mihr-un-nissa Begum (daughter of Nur Jahan))
known as Ladli Begum (Persian: لاڈلی بیگم), was the daughter of Empress Nur Jahan and her first husband Sher Afgan of the Mughal Empire. She was the wife...
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Jahangir (redirect from Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim)
notably reflected in his marriage to Mehar-un-Nisa (later known as Empress Nur Jahan), who wielded significant political influence behind the throne. This...
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Sher Afghan Khan (section Nur Jahan's remarriage)
Burdwan in West Bengal (1605–1607). He was also the first husband of Nur Jahan (Mehrunissa), who later married Jahangir after Ali Quli Khan's death and...
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supported and conspiracy by his one in influence and all-powerful stepmother Nur Jahan, who was also his mother-in-law. The succession was contested, though...
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Mumtaz Mahal (category Wives of Shah Jahan)
noble who held high office in the Mughal Empire, and the niece of Empress Nur Jahan, the chief wife of Emperor Jahangir and the power behind the emperor....
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Parviz Mirza (section Nur Jahan's antagonism)
powerful political control of Nur Jahan over the emperor, Shah Jahan marched from Mandu toward Fatehpur Sikri. Nur Jahan implored her allies to return...
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her title Mumtaz Mahal), the chief consort of Shah Jahan and the older brother of Empress Nur Jahan, and the maternal grandfather of mughal emperor Aurangzeb...
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title was passed on to Nur Jahan. She was, reportedly, Nur Jahan's only powerful rival for Jahangir's affections. However, Nur Jahan was a formidable rival...
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harem, Nur Jahaṇ, of whom Jagat was scornful. Jahangir had married her in 1611 and from the time of their marriage until his death, Nur Jahan was indisputably...
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Shah Jahan Temür Khan Jahan Ali Nasreen Jahan Nur Jahan Shah Jahan III Shah Jahan Jahan (also: John; Horse of Nandor the Relentless) Nusrat Jahan Begum...
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and successor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), who in 1611 married his daughter Nur Jahan and appointed Mirza Ghiyas Beg as his Prime minister. By 1615, Mirza Ghiyas...
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Nur Jahan, who wanted Shahryar to succeed. Upon the death of Jahangir, in order to secure the accession of Shah Jahan, Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jehan...
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fifteen years. Nur Jahan was granted certain honours and privileges that were never enjoyed by any Mughal empress before or after. Nur Jahan was the only...
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throne by the ambitious empress Nur Jahan. It is noted that when Jahangir was drunk and was not in his senses, Nur Jahan would take advantage and often...
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Prince Salim (the Mughal emperor Jahangir) and Mehrunissa also known as Nur Jahan, who was Salim's twentieth and final wife. It is now available on EPIC...
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founded by Nur Jahan Begam in 1028. Knowledge of the date of its completion was found in the words: "This Saray was erected by Nur Jahan Begam" 1030...
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Noor (name) (redirect from Nur (name))
East Turkestan Republic Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress Nur Devlet (reigned 1466-1469, 1475-1476), khan of the Crimean Khanate Nur Matan Abdi, Somali politician...
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minister of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and the mother of Mughal empress Nur Jahan, the power behind the emperor. Asmat Begum was also the paternal grandmother...
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Lahore (section Shah Jahan)
Lahore's Shahdara Bagh suburb in 1637 by his wife Nur Jahan, whose tomb is also nearby. Jahangir's son, Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–1658), was born in Lahore in...
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to Nur Jahan or Prince Khurram. Further, Findly adds that this foretelling was substantiated soon afterwards in the Mughal Empire when Shah Jahan's kids...
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hostage; Nur Jahan, however, managed to escape. Mahabat Khan declared himself emperor of India at Kabul, however his success was short-lived. Nur Jahan, with...
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jagirdar of Burdwan died and his widowed wife, Mehr-un-Nissa (later Empress Nur Jahan) was summoned to Agra by Jahangir for providing her protection and was...
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elegantly realized in the Taj Mahal. The mausoleum was commissioned by Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father Mirzā Ghiyās Beg, originally a Persian...
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daughter to Kaime Chan (Qaim Khan); the second is called Noore Mahal (Nur Jahan), the daughter of Gais Beyge (Mirza Ghiyas Beg); the third is the daughter...
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Saliha Banu Begum, and then to her successor (after her death), Nur Jahan. Emperor Shah Jahan bestowed this title upon his chief wife, Mumtaz Mahal but after...
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Jahanara Begum (section Relationship with Shah Jahan)
dealt between Surat and the Red Sea trading silk, indigo and spices. Nur Jahan continued the business, trading in indigo and cloth. Later, Jahanara continued...
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