Shah Jahan: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: The History Files - The Mughals: Shah Jahan. May 09, 2026
Added a top question and updated spellings. Mar 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 19, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Taj Mahal - Emperor Shah Jahan :: Emperor Shah Jahan ::Maker of The Taj Mahal. Sep 06, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Unorthodox �Orthodoxy� of Shah Jahan: A Reassessment of His Religiosity. Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Acient Origins - Shah Jahan: Mughal Emperor, Creator of the Taj Mahal, Champion of Fine Cuisine. Jun 29, 2023
Clarified that his wife Arjūmand Bānū Begum was also called Mumtāz Maḥal. Aug 17, 2021
Media added. Dec 09, 2015
Article revised and updated. Dec 09, 2015
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Shah Jahan. May 29, 2014
Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Biography of Shah Jahan. Jan 27, 2011
Article revised and updated. Mar 06, 2009
Added new Web site: Cultural India - History of India - Biography of Shah Jahan. Jan 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Boloji - Shah Jahan. Jan 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Indiasite.com - Shah Jahan. Jan 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Islamic Architecture - The Reign of Shah Jahan. Jan 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Shah Jahan. Jan 05, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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