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Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal .
May 24, 2019 · Jahanara Begum was one of the most powerful women of medieval India, a Mughal princess like no other. And yet her extraordinary story remains lost in the pages of history. Meet the champions who are turning India’s most formidable challenges into opportunities only on The Better India Show!
Jahanara Begum was the daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, who later became the Padshah Begum (First Lady) of the Mughal Empire from 1631-1658 CE and 1668-1681 CE. During Shah Jahan's reign, she commissioned important works such as commentaries on Rumi's Mathnawi and made various charitable contributions.
Mar 9, 2020 · At the tender age of seventeen, Jahanara became the First lady of the Mughal Empire. The untimely demise of Mumtaz Mahal allocated half of her property worth ten million at that time to the Princess. The royal seal was entrusted to her. Over time, Jahanara became the wealthiest woman in the world at that time.
Imperial Women in Mughal India shows how this unmarried princess was able to transcend the customary and religious restrictions imposed on her gender, and make an enormous contribution to the architectural, artistic and religious inheritance of the Shah Jahan era.
Dec 15, 2008 · JAHĀNĀRĀ BEGUM, (1614-81) the eldest surviving daughter of the Mughal Emperor Šāh Jahān and his favorite wife, Momtāz Mahal, for whom Šāh Jahān commissioned the Tāj Mahal. Born in 1614, Jahānārā became the head of the imperial harem when her mother died in 1631, and she played a pivotal role in Mughal domestic politics throughout her life.
Sep 17, 2018 · Born in 1614, Jahanara lived a life outside the conventional role of a Mughal princess —as an exemplary poet, writer, architect, engineer and painter, especially in an era where the lives of Mughal women were largely confined within the walls of the zenana.
