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Jahangir's Jade hookah, National Museum, New Delhi. Jahangir took his connoisseurship of art very seriously. He also preserved paintings from Emperor Akbar's period. An excellent example of this is the painting done by Ustad Mansur of Musician Naubat Khan, son-in-law of legendary Tansen. In addition to their aesthetic qualities, paintings ...
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.
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.
Jahangir: Rajput: Amber, Mughal Empire: Manavati Bai (Bilqis Makani) [6] Shah Jahan: Rajput: Marwar, Mughal Empire: Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) Aurangzeb: Persian: Agra, Mughal Empire: Rabia-ud-Daurani (Dilras Banu Begum) Azam Shah: Safavid Persian: Mughal Empire: Nawab Bai (Rahmat-un-Nissa) [7] Bahadur Shah I: Kashmiri Muslim: Rajauri ...
The emperor was deeply attached to his foster mother, as reflected by the following paragraph in the Jahangir's memoirs: In the month Ẕi-l-qa‘da the mother of Qutbu-d-dīn Khān Koka, who had given me her milk and was as a mother to me or even kinder than my own kind mother ... was committed to the mercy of God. I placed the feet of her ...
Sahib Jamal was of Turkish origin [3] and was the daughter of a respected Muslim religious personality, Khwaja Hasan of Herat, making her the cousin of Zain Khan Koka, who was a leading official in the Mugal Empire under Akbar, including serving for a time as governor of Kabul. [4]
As per the description given by Finch, Jahangir ordered the dome of the tomb to be wrought in works of gold. [7] [8] Edward Terry, who visited a few years after William Finch, wrote that Akbar had threatened to disinherit Jahangir for his relationship with Anarkali, the emperor's most-beloved wife, but on his death-bed he repealed the threat ...
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.