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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 ...
' 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.
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]
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.
' Chronicle of Shah Jahan ') is a genre of works written about the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Padshahnama is a term for lavishly illuminated versions. A significant work in this genre was written by the historian Inayat Khan in the 17th century. [1] [2] [3] The first complete English translation from Persian appeared in the 19th century by A. R ...
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 .
It was the location where the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan received courtiers and state guests. It was also known as the Shah Mahal. [1] A gate on the north side of the preceding Diwan-i-Am audience hall led to the innermost court of the palace called Jalau Khana and the Diwan-i-Khas. [2]
Jagannatha lived in Varanasi, India, and served in the courts of the Mughal emperors Jahangir(1569-1627) and Shah Jahan(1592-1666). He was also at Raja Prana Narayan’s (King of Cooch Behar who ruled from 1632-1665 AD) court in Kamarupa (modern Assam ) for some time and might have spent some time at Maharana Jagat Singh I 's(1607 – 10 April ...