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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 ...
Since Shah Jahan's arrival in the region, the Mughals had captured a number of lesser forts. In 1632, Fath Khan decided to acknowledge Mughal sovereignty. He performed several acts to prove his sincerity, including the execution of Burhan Nizam Shah, the installation of boy prince Hussain Shah as ruler, and the execution of a number of leading ...
Shah Jahan's Central Asian Campaign, [5] also known as the Balkh Campaign or The Indian invasion of Balkh and Badakhshan [6] was a military campaign from 1646-1647 undertook by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan against the Uzbek Khanate of Bukhara in Central Asia. It notably involved an Indian army crossing the Hindu Kush in battle. [7]
Prince Shah Khurram, later called the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, (full title: Shahenshah Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Malik-ul-Sultanat, Ala Hazrat Abu'l-Muzaffar Shahab ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Sahib-e-Qiran-e-Sani, Badshah-e-Ghazi Zillu'llah, Firdaus-Ashiyani, Shahenshah-E-Sultanat Ul-Hindiyyah Wal Mughaliyyah.
' The Book of the Emperor ') is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama, with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions. These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan's reign.
Furthermore, the Mughals saw the defeat as a blow to the empire's prestige, and Emperor Shah Jahan was determined to see the city returned to Mughal control. [2] To this end he outfitted an expedition of 50,000 soldiers led by Prince Aurangzeb , Sadullah Khan (an adviser of the Mughal Court), and Jai Singh I of Jaipur .
Ustad Ahmad Lahori (lit. ' Master Ahmad of Lahore '; c.1580–1649), [1] also known as Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori (lit. ' Ahmad the Architect '), was an architect and engineer of the Mughal Empire who served as the chief architect during the reign of Shah Jahan.
In 1632, Shah Jahan ordered Qasim Khan to attack the Portuguese and expel them totally. The Mughal Army consisted of 150,000 men, 90 war elephants, and 14,000 cavalry. [7] In June, they arrived and besieged the fort, the Portuguese garrison consisted of only 300 Portuguese and 700 Indianconverts, they also had 300 vessels, the fort was heavily fortified, [8] [9] they were led by Captain Manuel ...