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Shah Jahan

Mughal emperor
Also known as: Prince Khurram, Shāhjahān, Shah Jehan, Shihāb al-Din Muḥammad Khurram(Show More)
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Shah Jahan (born January 5, 1592, Lahore [now in Pakistan]—died January 22, 1666, Agra [now in India]) was the fifth Mughal emperor of India (1628–58) who ascended to the throne after his father Jahangir. He built the Taj Mahal, a white marble mausoleum complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Shah Jahan was the third son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the Rajput princess Manmati. In 1612 he married Arjumand Banu Begum, niece of Jahangir’s wife Nur Jahan, and became,...

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