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Birth and background [ edit] He was born on 5 January 1592 in Lahore, present-day Pakistan, as the ninth child and third son of Prince Salim (later known as ' Jahangir ' upon his accession) by his wife, Jagat Gosain.
Jun 13, 2024 · Mumtaz Mahal, (born c. 1593—died June 17, 1631, Burhanpur, India), wife of Shah Jahān, Mughal emperor of India (1628–58). Having died at a young age only a few years into her husband’s reign, her memory inspired the construction of the Taj Mahal, where she is entombed.
During the intervening years between their betrothal and marriage, Shah Jahan had married his first wife, Princess Kandahari Begum in 1610 and in 1617, after marrying Mumtaz, took a third wife, Izz-un-Nissa Begum (titled Akbarabadi Mahal), the daughter of a prominent Mughal courtier.
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Mar 9, 2019 · Learn about the eight wives of Shah jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor of India. Find out their names, origins, dates of marriage, children, and burial places.
Mumtaz Mahal, (born c. 1593—died June 17, 1631, Burhanpur, India), wife of Shah Jahān, Mughal emperor of India (1628–58). Having died at a young age only a few years into her husband’s reign, her memory inspired the construction of the Taj Mahal, where she is entombed.
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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...
Jul 17, 2018 · Shah Jahan’s love for Mumtaz and his disparage for his first and third wife was so great that it finds mention in ‘Iqbal Namah-e-Jahangiri,’ which is written by Motamid Khan, Shah Jahan’s official court chronicler.
Mumtaz Mahal was the wife of Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for her. She died in 1631 during the birth of their thirteenth child and was buried in Burhanpur, later transferred to Agra.
