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Mumtaz Mahal was born as Arjumand Banu on 29 October 1593 in Agra to Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and his wife Diwanji Begum, the daughter of a Persian noble, Khwaja Ghias-ud-din of Qazvin. Asaf Khan was a wealthy Persian noble who held high office in the Mughal Empire. His family had come to India impoverished in 1577, when his father Mirza Ghias Beg (popularly known by his title of I'timad-ud-Daulah), was taken into the service of Emperor Akbar in Agra.. Asaf Khan was also the older brother of ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Mumtaz Mahal, byname of Arjumand Banu Begum, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He built the Taj Mahal in her memory. A niece of Nur Jahan, Arjumand was born into the inner court of the dynasty. When Shah Jahan became emperor, he gave her the title Mumtaz Mahal. She died years later shortly after giving birth.
The Mughal Empress : Mumtaz Mahal [1593 AD – 1631 AD] Despite her frequent pregnancies, Mumtaz traveled with Shah Jahan's entourage throughout his earlier military campaigns. She was his constant companion and trusted confidant and their relationship was intense. She died in Burhanpur [1631 AD] in the Deccan (now in Madhya Pradesh) during the ...
Jul 17, 2018 · Early Life. Mumtaz Mahal was born as Arjumand Banu Begum on April 27, 1593 in Agra, India. She was born to Diwanji Begum and Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan, who held high position in the Mughal Empire.
Arjumand Banu Begum, popularly known as Mumtāz Mahal (April, 1593 - 17 June 1631) meaning "beloved ornament of the palace" was an Empress of India during the Mughal Dynasty. Her father was the brother of Empress Nur Jahan (who subsequently became the wife of the emperor Jahangir). She was religiously a Shi'a Muslim.
Mumtaz Mahal was born in April 1593 in Agra, India.Her father was the Persian noble Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jahan, the Mughal Empress wife of Jahangir.. Mumtaz betrothed (nikah) with shah jahan at the age of 14 in 1607 when Shah Jahan was 15, Shah Jahan, later married two other women.May 10, 1612 at the age of 19 the official marriage ceremony was held.
Mahal, Mumtaz (1593–1631) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Length: 551 words. (1593–1631),empress of India interred in the Taj Mahal. Born 15 April 1593 in Agra, Arjumand Banu Begum was the granddaughter of Mirza Ghiyas al‐Din Muhammad Itimaduddaula (d. 1622), who ...
Jun 17, 2016 · New Delhi, UPDATED: Apr 27, 2018 11:04 IST. Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died on this day, June 17, in the year 1631. She was born as Arjumand Banu Begum and was married off to Shah Jahan or Prince Khurram at the age of 14. She was the unquistioned love of the emperor. Although most of us know about Mumtaz and the legend of ...
Mumtaz Mahal. Mumtāz Mahal (April 1593 - June 17, 1631) (Persian, Urdu: ممتاز محل; pronunciation / mumtɑːz mɛhɛl /; meaning "beloved ornament of the palace") is the common nickname of Arjumand Banu Begum, an Indian-Persian Empress in the Mughal Dynasty. She was born in Agra, India. Her father was the Persian noble Abdul Hasan Asaf ...
The Taj Mahal (/ ˌ t ɑː dʒ m ə ˈ h ɑː l, ˌ t ɑː ʒ-/; lit. ' Crown of the Palace ') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is ...
