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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.
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 late Emperor Akbar, for almost two years. [5] In 1611, her mother married Emperor Jahangir, and became known as Nur Jahan. [6]
Nur-un-Nissa maintained relations of kinship with her sister-in-law, Khanum Sultan, and the latter too strictly observed the rules of courtesy and proper behaviour towards her. In 1614-15, Jahangir during his stay at Ajmer visited her mother Gulrukh Begum, who was ill at that time. During this time, Shaikh Farid Bhakkari, the author of ...
Anarkali as a wife of Emperor Akbar who fell in love with his son Jahangir. Anarkali was a concubine of Emperor Akbar(and Prince Daniyal's mother) who fell in love with his son Jahangir. Anarkali was one of the wife of Jahangir speculated either Sahib-i Jamal or Nur Jahan
Mehrunissa and Prince Salim were married two months later, on 25 May 1611, which made her Jahangir's twentieth wife as Nur Mahal, 'Light of the castle', and in 1616, she was given the title Nur Jahan, 'the Light of the World'. After marrying Jahangir, Nur Jahan slowly gathered the all powers of the government in her hands and became the active ...
Nur-un-Nissa Begum (wife of Jahangir) S. Sahib Jamal; Saliha Banu Begum This page was last edited on 24 March 2024, at 13:07 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The series is an adaptation of the popular 2002 award-winning fictional novel The Twentieth Wife by author Indu Sundaresan. [ 2 ] The series revolves around Mughal politics, inter-personal conflicts, sabotage, grandeur, power and the love between Prince Salim (the Mughal emperor Jahangir ) and Mehrunissa also known as Nur Jahan , who was Salim ...
Jahangir is a principal character in Indu Sundaresan's award-winning historical novel The Twentieth Wife (2002) [106] as well as in its sequel The Feast of Roses (2003). [107] Jahangir is a principal character in Alex Rutherford's novel Ruler of the World (2011) [108] as well as in its sequel The Tainted Throne (2012) [109] of the series Empire ...