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Mirza Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also known as Shah Jahan I ( Persian pronunciation: [ʃɑːh d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]; lit. 'King of the World' ), was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658. During his reign, the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural and cultural achievements.
Shah Jahān (born January 5, 1592, Lahore [now in Pakistan]—died January 22, 1666, Agra [now in India]) was the Mughal emperor of India (1628–58) who built the Taj Mahal. He was the third son of the Mughal emperor Jahāngīr and the Rajput princess Manmati.
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- Shah Jahān, Mughal emperor from 1628 to 1658, is perhaps best remembered for the grand monuments constructed during his reign, especially the Taj M...
- Shah Jahān was the third son of the Mughal emperor Jahāngīr and the Rajput princess Manmati. He married Arjūmand Bānū Begum, the niece of Nūr Jahān...
- Shah Jahān fell ill in September 1657. His four sons—Dārā Shikōh, Murād Bakhsh, Shah Shujāʿ, and Aurangzeb—began to contest the throne in preparati...
Shah Jahan (Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram) was one of the most successful emperors of the Mughal Empire. He was the fifth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar and Jahangir. After winning the war of succession post the demise of his father Jahangir, Shah Jahan successfully ruled the empire for 30 years.
Sep 4, 2014 · Shah Jahan, his name along with the name of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, being synonymous with the existence and ever growing popularity of Taj Mahal, was a Mughal Emperor of the Southern Asia who reigned from 1627 to 1658.
The Fifth Mughal Emperor: Shah Jahan [1592 – 1666] As a young man, he was married to two wives known as Akbarabadi Mahal (d.1677 AD), and Kandahari Mahal (m.1609 AD). Beforehand however, in 1607 AD, Khurram had been betrothed to Arjumand Bano Begum, the grand daughter of a Persian noble, who was just 14 years old at the time.
3 days ago · Shah Jahān. in India in History. Also known as: Bhārat, Bhāratavarsha, Republic of India. Written by. K.R. Dikshit. Honorary Editor, Transactions of the Institute of Indian Geographers; former Professor of Geography, University of Poona, Pune. Author of Environment, Forest Ecology and Man in the Western Ghats ... K.R. Dikshit, Philip B. Calkins.
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emperor Shah Jahan stands against a plain, mint-green background dressed in a gossamer-thin tunic, his head encircled by a golden halo.
