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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. [95] Jahanara Begum Padshah Begum ...
Shah Jahan had not intended to entomb another person in the Taj Mahal; [62] however, Aurangzeb had Shah Jahan buried next to the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal rather than build a separate tomb for his father. [63] [64] This is evident from the asymmetrical placement of Shah Jahan's grave on one side of his wife's grave which is in the centre. [65] [66]
Izz-un-Nissa Begum was the third wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.She is popularly known by the title, Akbarabadi Mahal (which probably indicates that she hailed from the city of Akbarabad), [1] [3] and commissioned the Akbarabadi Mosque in Shahjahanabad (present-day Old Delhi). [4]
The Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan in 1631, to be built in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died on 17 June that year while giving birth to their 14th child, Gauhara Begum. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Construction started in 1632, and the mausoleum was completed in 1648, while the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later.
In honor of his coronation, on 6 February 1628, [18] Shah Jahan awarded his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, Jahanara's mother, the title of Padshah Begum and 200,000 ashrafis (Persian gold coins worth two Mohurs), 600,000 rupees and an annual privy purse of one million rupees. Moreover, Shah Jahan presented Mumtaz with jewels worth five million rupees.
Roshanara Begum (Persian: روشن آرا بیگم, lit. 'Adorned in Light'); 3 September 1617 – 11 September 1671) [1] was a Mughal princess and the third daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
] According to historian Mohammad Naushad, when the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan came to Burhanpur, he had brought his wife along. Mumtaz had 3 deliveries in Burhanpur, and died giving birth to their fourteenth child. According to Mumtaz's wish, Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in her memory. For six months, Mumtaz was buried in Burhanpur itself.
'Adorned in Gems'; 17 June 1631 – c. 1706) was a Mughal princess and the 14th and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. [1] Her mother died giving birth to her in 1631. Gauhar Ara, however, survived the childbirth and lived for another three-quarters of a century.