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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.
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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 · Soon after, Jahanara was appointed Begum Sahib (Princess of Princesses) by her doting parents. She would often spend her evenings playing chess with Shah Jahan, understanding the workings of the royal household, and helping her father plan the reconstruction of other palaces.
Princess Jahanara Begum Sahib (1614-1681) lived a life that far surpassed the title into which she was born. She stepped outside the archetypal role of a princess making herself better remembered as an architect, engineer, painter, poet, writer and activist.
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.
Mar 1, 2021 · Jahanara was the First lady of the Empire who was given the titles of Sahibat al-Zamani (Lady of the Age) and Padishah Begum (Lady Emperor), or Begum Sahib (Princess of Princesses)when she was just 17 years old after the untimely demise of her mother in 1631.
Sep 17, 2018 · 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.
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.
