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Shah Jahan's first child born to his first wife, Kandahari Begum. Parhez Banu was her mother's only child and died unmarried. Hur-ul-Nisa Begum: Mumtaz Mahal: 30 March 1613 – 5 June 1616 The first of fourteen children born to Shah Jahan's second wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She died of smallpox at the age of 3. [94] Jahanara Begum Padshah Begum ...
Shah Jahan had not intended to entomb another person in the Taj Mahal; [62] however, Aurangzeb had Shah Jahan buried next to the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal rather than build a separate tomb for his father. [63] [64] This is evident from the asymmetrical placement of Shah Jahan's grave on one side of his wife's grave which is in the centre. [65] [66]
The Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan in 1631, to be built in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died on 17 June that year while giving birth to their 14th child, Gauhara Begum. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Construction started in 1632, and the mausoleum was completed in 1648, while the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later.
In honor of his coronation, on 6 February 1628, [18] Shah Jahan awarded his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, Jahanara's mother, the title of Padshah Begum and 200,000 ashrafis (Persian gold coins worth two Mohurs), 600,000 rupees and an annual privy purse of one million rupees. Moreover, Shah Jahan presented Mumtaz with jewels worth five million rupees.
Izz-un-Nissa Begum was the third wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.She is popularly known by the title, Akbarabadi Mahal (which probably indicates that she hailed from the city of Akbarabad), [1] [3] and commissioned the Akbarabadi Mosque in Shahjahanabad (present-day Old Delhi). [4]
Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–1658) was born to Jahangir and his wife Jagat Gosain. [26] His reign ushered in the golden age of Mughal architecture. [34] During the reign of Shah Jahan, the splendour of the Mughal court reached its peak, as exemplified by the Taj Mahal.
Manavati Bai, also spelled Manvati Bai, (13 May 1573 – 8 April 1619), better known by her title, Jagat Gosain (lit. ' Saint of the World '), was the second wife and the empress consort of the fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, Shah Jahan.
Mihr-un-nissa, better known as Ladli Begum, was the first cousin of Emperor Shah Jahan's wife, Empress Mumtaz Mahal, the daughter of Asaf Khan. [4] After Sher Afgan's death in 1607, she and her mother were summoned to Agra by Jahangir for their protection and her mother served as lady-in-waiting to Ruqaiya Sultan Begum , the chief wife of the ...