Shah Jahan was the third son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the Rajput princess Manmati. He married Arjumand Banu Begum, the niece of Nur Jahan (another wife of Jahangir’s), and thus became a member of the influential Nur Jahan clique. Upon Jahangir’s death, support within that clique enabled Shah Jahan to take the throne.
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