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Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645), [1] born Mehr-un-Nissa was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. More decisive and proactive than her husband, Nur Jahan is considered by certain historians to have been the real power behind the throne for more than a decade.
Heartbroken over his wife's death, Ghias Beg also died a few months later in January 1622. Asmat Begum was buried in her husband's mausoleum, the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah in Agra, which was commissioned by her daughter Nur Jahan, for both of her parents. [19] Nur Jahan, who was extremely devoted to her parents, spent large sums in its ...
His fortunes further increased during the reign of Akbar's son and successor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), who in 1611 married his daughter Nur Jahan and appointed Mirza Ghiyas Beg as his Prime minister. By 1615, Mirza Ghiyas Beg had risen to further prominence, when he was given the status of 6,000 men and was given a standard and drums, a prestige ...
In 1617, Nur Jahan planned to marry Mihr-un-Nissa to Prince Khusrau Mirza, Jahangir's eldest son, and to re-create him as the heir apparent, in place of Prince Khurram Mirza (future Emperor Shah Jahan). However, Khusrau declined their offer, because he loved his wife, the daughter of Mirza Aziz Koka, who had been with him through the long years ...
Jagat Gosain is a character in novel Nur Jahan's Daughter (2005) written by Tanushree Poddar. [70] Jagat Gosain is a principal character in the novel Nurjahan: A historical novel by Jyoti Jafa. [71] Jagat Gosain is a character in the novel Beloved Empress Mumtaz Mahal: A Historical Novel by Nina Consuelo Epton. [72]
Ruqaiya plays an important role in Harold Lamb's historical novel, Nur Mahal (1935). [27] Ruqaiya is a principal character in Indu Sundaresan's fictional novel, The Twentieth Wife (2002), [28] as well as in its sequel, The Feast of Roses (2003). [29] Ruqaiya is a pivotal character in Tanushree Podder's historical novel, Nur Jahan's Daughter ...
Shahryar Mirza (born Salaf-ud-Din Muhammad Shahryar; 6 January 1605 – 23 January 1628) was the fifth and youngest son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.At the end of Jahangir's life and after his death, Shahryar made an attempt to become emperor, planning, supported and conspiracy by his one in influence and all-powerful stepmother Nur Jahan, who was also his mother-in-law.
After marrying Jahangir, Nur Jahan slowly gathered the all powers of the government in her hands and became the active and dominant force behind the Mughal throne. [11] Ali Quli's daughter, Mihr-un-nissa Begum, was married to Prince Shahryar, Jahangir's fifth son in 1620. Shahryar went on to briefly occupy the Mughal throne at Lahore, under the ...