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Mirza Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah (Persian: میرزا خجسته اختر جهان شاه) (4 October 1673 – 30 March 1712/30) was the fourth son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I. The birthdate of Mirza Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah is debated, according to his found memoir his death date is now set on 1730.
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.
Shah Jahan - Wikipedia. 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.
Shah Jahan (Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram) was the fifth Mughal emperor, who ruled from 1628 to 1658. We take you through his life history, reign, administration, contribution to architecture, and death.
Jun 1, 2009 · Early Modern India. The Mughals: Shah Jahan. by Abhijit Rajadhyaksha, 1 June 2009. Shah Jahan, or Prince Khurram in his early days, was born on 5 January 1592. He was the son of Jehangir and Jagat Gosain, the princess of Jodhpur. He was second in line to the throne after Prince Khusrav.
emperor Shah Jahan stands against a plain, mint-green background dressed in a gossamer-thin tunic, his head encircled by a golden halo.
Aug 8, 2019 · Shah Jahan was born as Prince Khurram on January 5, 1592 in the city of Lahore (located today in Pakistan). His father was Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor and his mother was a Hindu Rajput princess by the name of Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani. Portraits of Shah Jahan’s parents: Jahangir (Public Domain) and Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani (Public Domain).
Apr 2, 2021 · Meet Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor. His regnal name translates as “King of the World,” and he was exaggerating only slightly.
Oct 2, 2019 · In 1622, with relations at their zenith, Shah Jahan went to war against his father. Jahangir's army defeated Shah Jahan's after a four-year fight; the prince surrendered unconditionally. When Jahangir died just one year later, in 1627, Shah Jahan became the Emperor of Mughal India.
4 days ago · The Taj Mahal, in Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, designated a World Heritage site in 1983. Shah Jahān died a prisoner on February 1, 1666, at the age of 74. He was, on the whole, a tolerant and enlightened ruler, patronizing scholars and poets of Sanskrit and Hindi as well as Persian.
