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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.
Jahanara Begum became the First Lady (Padshah Begum) of the Mughal Empire at the tender age of 17 after her mother's death.
Sep 17, 2018 · Mughal era. Born in 1614, Jahanara lived a life outside the conventional role of a Mughal princess —as an exemplary poet, writer, architect, engineer and painter, especially in an era where the lives of Mughal women were largely confined within the walls of the zenana.
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.
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.
Jahanara Begum (1614-81) was the eldest daughter of the emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). Like her brother Dara Shikoh, the heir to the throne, she was profoundly spiritual, and they were initiated together into the Qadiriya order of Sufiism.
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 ...
Jahanara Begum — a writer, poet, painter and the architect of Delhi’s famous Chandni Chowk — was a princess like no other and yet her story remains unheard of. The eldest child of Emperor Shah Jahan and his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, Jahanara was born in Ajmer in 1614.
Jahanara Begum was a remarkable figure – Sufi spiritualist, patron, and imperial authority – and this book is essential reading for historians of Mughal India, art historians and those interested in gender studies within early modern history.
