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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.
' Royal Begum '; c. 1570 [citation needed] – 5 May 1605) was the first wife and chief consort of Prince Salim (later Emperor Jahangir). She was known as Zan-i-Kalan being the first wife of Salim. She was a Hindu princess by birth and committed suicide shortly before the succession of her husband to the royal throne.
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 ...
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.
Mumtaz Mahal (Persian pronunciation: [mum.ˈtɑːz ma.ˈhal]; lit. ' The Exalted One of the Palace '; born Arjumand Banu Begum; 27 April 1593 – 17 June 1631) [6] was the empress consort of Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. [7]
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 ...
Mihr-un-nissa Begum [1] (Persian: مهرالنساء بیگم; born c. 1605 [2]), also known as Banu Begum [1] (Persian: بانو بیگم) and Bahu Begum (Persian: بہو بیگم), [1] and better known as Ladli Begum [1] [3] (Persian: لاڈلی بیگم), was the daughter of Empress Nur Jahan and her first husband Sher Afgan of the Mughal Empire.
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and military powers, unless on occasion acting as regent .