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Nur Jahan
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Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645)
Key facts
- Tenure
- 10 June 1620 – 28 October 1627
- Predecessor
- Saliha Banu Begum
- Successor
- Mumtaz Mahal
- Born
- Mehr-un-Nissa , 31 May 1577, Kandahar , Kabul Subah , Mughal Empire (present-day Afghanistan )
- Died
- 17 December 1645 (1645-12-17) (aged 68), Lahore , Lahore Subah , Mughal Empire (present-day Punjab, Pakistan )
- Burial
- Tomb of Nur Jahan , Lahore
- Spouse
- Sher Afgan Khan , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1594 ; death</span>"}]]}'>d. 1607 ) Jahangir ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1611 ; death</span>"}]]}'>d. 1627 )
- Issue
- Ladli Begum
- House
- Muhammad Sharif (by birth) , Timurid (by marriage)
- Father
- Mirza Ghiyas Beg
- Mother
- Asmat Begum
- Religion
- Shia Islam
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nur
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Mughal Empire
- Place of birth
- Kandahar
- Place of death
- Lahore
- Spouse
- Jahangir I
- Child
- Ladli Begum
- Father
- Mirza Ghiyas Beg
- Mother
- Asmat Begum
- Sibling
- Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Family
- Timurid dynasty
- Image
- Idealized Portrait of the Mughal Empress Nur Jahan (1577-1645)? LACMA M.81.271.7.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nur Jahan
- date of death
- 1645-12-19
- date of birth
- 1577-05-31
- different from
- Noor Jehan
- name in native language
- ملکہ نورجہاں
- relative
- Shahryar
- place of burial
- Tomb of Nur Jahan
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Encyclopedic overview
Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645), 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. Wielding a level of power and influence unprecedented for a Mughal empress, she was granted honours and privileges never enjoyed by any of her predecessors or successors, such as having coinage struck in her name. Her husband Jahangir had severe addictions to hunting, alcohol, and opium and he also had to contend with his frequent ill-health. Nur Jahan rose to the position of a co-sovereign due to her intellect, political skill, and ability to forge strategic alliances in the imperial court in her husband’s negligence.
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