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Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire.She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
After Shah Jahan fell ill in 1658, his daughter Jahanara Begum had a significant influence in the Mughal administration. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] As a result, several accusations of an incestual relationship between Shah Jahan and Jahanara were propagated. [ 38 ]
Jahanara Begum, 1635. In either 1636, [8] 1643, 1644, [7] or 1645, [9] Jahanara Begum, the favourite daughter of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was severely burnt when her clothing caught fire in an accident during a dance performance. [1] [7] Local healers had failed to cure her, and, at the advice of vizier Assad Khan, the Emperor requested an ...
She was a partisan of her younger brother, Aurangzeb, and supported him during the war of succession which took place after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657. After Aurangzeb's accession to the throne in 1658, Roshanara was given the title of Padshah Begum by her brother displacing her sister and rival Jahanara Begum.
[15] [16] Mumtaz and her husband had 14 children, including Jahanara Begum (Shah Jahan's favorite daughter), [17] and the Crown prince Dara Shikoh, the heir-apparent, [18] anointed by his father, who temporarily succeeded him until deposed by Mumtaz Mahal's sixth child, Aurangzeb, who ultimately succeeded his father as the sixth Mughal emperor ...
The garden was built around 1620 A.D. by Mughal Empire Emperor Jahangir's wife, Nur Jahan. It was remodeled by Jahanara, who was the daughter of Shah Jahan around 1634-1640 A.D. The garden was rebuilt, following decay, on a smaller scale by Gulab Singh and it is now a public garden. [1]
The title was also bestowed upon the daughter of the emperor, such as Emperor Shah Jahan's daughter, Princess Jahanara Begum, and Emperor Aurangzeb's daughter, Princess Zinat-un-Nissa, both of whom bore the title throughout their lives. [5] In some cases, the title was also bestowed upon the sister of the emperor. Aurangzeb bestowed the title ...
After the defeat of Dara, Shah Jahan was imprisoned in the fort of Agra where he spent eight long years under the care of his favourite daughter Jahanara." [61] Aurangzeb then broke his arrangement with Murad Baksh, which probably had been his intention all along. [60]