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Shah Jahan at his Durbar, from the Windsor Padshahnama, c. 1657 Shah Jahan the Great Mogul Throne of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan of India, Red Fort, Delhi Evidence from the reign of Shah Jahan states that in 1648 the army consisted of 911,400 infantry, musketeers , and artillery men, and 185,000 Sowars commanded by princes and nobles.
Shahjahan is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic film written & directed by Ravi and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film stars Vijay, Richa Pallod (in her Tamil debut) and Krishna in the lead roles while Vivek and Kovai Sarala portray supporting roles. The film, which had music was composed by Mani Sharma, was released on 14 November 2001 ...
Shah Jahan II (Persian pronunciation: [ʃɑːh d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]; June 1696 – 17 September 1719), born Mirza Rafi-ud-Daulah, was briefly the twelfth Mughal emperor in 1719. After being chosen by the Sayyid brothers , he succeeded figurehead emperor Rafi-ud-Darajat on 6 June 1719.
With the support of the Islamic orthodoxy, however, a younger son of Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, seized the throne. Aurangzeb defeated Dara in 1659 and had him executed. [11] Although Shah Jahan fully recovered from his illness, there was a succession war for the throne between Dara and Aurangzeb.
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]
Shah Jahan died on 22 January 1666—two months after Tavernier left Delhi, and reached Bengal, during this, his sixth, and last, voyage to India—and his son and successor Aurangzeb was able to claim all these gems. Lahori's descriptions were made during the rule of Shah Jahan when all the gems were probably incorporated into the throne.
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.
Throughout his reign, Shah Jahan is suspected to have built thirty-five palaces and gardens, with twenty-four still in existence. [4] Due to the scale of construction, Shah Jahan period architecture is a valuable source for understanding the development of Islamic architecture throughout the 17th century.