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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.
The film is a fictional depiction of life of Nur Jahan, the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Roshan was the music director. [1] Hit songs from the movie include "Aap Jabse Qareeb Aaye Hain" sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle and "Sharaabi Sharaabi" sung by Suman Kalyanpur. [1]
His fortunes further increased during the reign of Akbar's son and successor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), who in 1611 married his daughter Nur Jahan and appointed Mirza Ghiyas Beg as his Prime minister. By 1615, Mirza Ghiyas Beg had risen to further prominence, when he was given the status of 6,000 men and was given a standard and drums, a prestige ...
Jahangir's death launched a minor succession crisis. While Nur Jahan desired her son-in-law, Shahryar Mirza, to take the throne, her brother Abu'l-Hassan Asaf Khan was corresponding with his son-in-law, Prince Khurram to take over the throne. To counter Nur Jahan, Abu'l Hassan put Dawar Bakhsh as the puppet ruler and confined Nur Jahan in the ...
Jahangir became attracted to and married Nur Jahan when she was in her 30s and Jahangir in his 40s. [19] [20] According to Archana Garodia Gupta, the legend of the prior love with Nur Jahan is unlikely because after Nur Jahan's first marriage with Sher Afgan, Jahangir had accompanied him on a campaign to Mewar and also awarded a title on Sher ...
After marrying Jahangir, Nur Jahan slowly gathered the all powers of the government in her hands and became the active and dominant force behind the Mughal throne. [11] Ali Quli's daughter, Mihr-un-nissa Begum, was married to Prince Shahryar, Jahangir's fifth son in 1620. Shahryar went on to briefly occupy the Mughal throne at Lahore, under the ...
The series revolves around Mughal politics, inter-personal conflicts, sabotage, grandeur, power and the love between Prince Salim (the Mughal emperor Jahangir) and Mehrunissa also known as Nur Jahan, who was Salim's twentieth and final wife. [2] [3] It is now available on EPIC On, EPIC TV's streaming platform and on Prime Video as well.
Dawar was the child of Jahangir's eldest son, Prince Khusrau, who was killed at the behest of Prince Khurram in 1622. [ 3 ] Dawar, who was affectionately nicknamed "Bulaqi" (meaning "Nose-ring"), [ 4 ] was initially named the Diwan of the Dakhin , and later Governor of Gujarat in 1622 by his grandfather, Jahangir.