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Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal .
May 24, 2019 · Jahanara Begum was one of the most powerful women of medieval India, a Mughal princess like no other. And yet her extraordinary story remains lost in the pages of history. Meet the champions who are turning India’s most formidable challenges into opportunities only on The Better India Show!
May 31, 2018 · Jahanara Begum became the First Lady (Padshah Begum) of the Mughal Empire at the tender age of 17 after her mother's death.
Jahanara Begum was the daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, who later became the Padshah Begum (First Lady) of the Mughal Empire from 1631-1658 CE and 1668-1681 CE. During Shah Jahan's reign, she commissioned important works such as commentaries on Rumi's Mathnawi and made various charitable contributions.
Jan 26, 2020 · The eldest daughter of the fifth Mughal King, Shah Jahan and his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, Jahanara Begum lived a very comfortable life. She was born into one of the wealthiest kingdom’s in the world, the mighty Mughal Empire.
Sep 17, 2018 · Born in 1614, Jahanara lived a life outside the conventional role of a Mughal princess — as an exemplary architect, engineer, poet, writer and painter, especially in an era where the lives of Mughal women were largely confined within the walls of the zenana.
Mar 12, 2019 · Jahanara, visibly grief-stricken, holds her father’s hand as two other women recite the Quran. It seems they’re in the Jasmine tower at the Agra fort, from where the Taj Mahal is in plain view. In his dying moments, Shah Jahan looks almost longingly at the Taj.
Nov 21, 2020 · By granting Jahanara the power and privilege that had once been held by a royal wife, instead of passing these responsibilities to his remaining two wives, Shah Jahan caused rumors to spread about an incestuous relationship with his daughter Jahanara.
Jan 4, 2006 · Jahanara was the favorite daughter of Shah Jahan. She was a constant companion to her mother Empress Mumtaz Mahal. At the age of only seventeen after the death of Mumtaz Mahal she became the first lady of Mughal Empire. She brought her father out of mourning and restored normalcy to a court darkened by her mother’s death and her father’s grief.
Dec 15, 2008 · JAHĀNĀRĀ BEGUM, (1614-81) the eldest surviving daughter of the Mughal Emperor Šāh Jahān and his favorite wife, Momtāz Mahal, for whom Šāh Jahān commissioned the Tāj Mahal. Born in 1614, Jahānārā became the head of the imperial harem when her mother died in 1631, and she played a pivotal role in Mughal domestic politics throughout her life.
