Upon Shah Jahan's orders several executions took place on 23 January 1628.

Of the eighteen buildings in the city of Shahjahanabad commissioned by women, Jahanara commissioned five of them. Women and their assumption of political power have always been sidelined in Islamic history, though there is reason to believe that Aisha, the Prophet’s wife, had a role to play in the establishment of the first Islamic state.
Jahanara came to Aurangzeb on 10 June proposing a partition of the empire. She was the eldest child of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Parhez Banu Begum: 21 August 1611 - 1675 Shah Jahan's first child born to his first wife, Kandahari Begum. Sultana Begum, 60, married the great-grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar After ruling India for 300 years, he was overthrown by Britain in 1857 Descendants of the … All of Jahanara's building projects were completed around the year 1650, inside the city walls of Shahjahanabad. Sufism and Society: Arrangements of the Mystical in the Muslim World, 1200–1800 edited by John Curry, Erik Ohlander, Page 141

Jahanara was the favorite daughter of Shah Jahan. She died of smallpox at the age of 3. It is constructed entirely of white marble with a screen of trellis work and open to the sky.Upon her death, Aurangzeb gave her the posthumous title: Sahibat-uz-Zamani (Jahanara Begum's caravanserai that formed the original She also made a significant impact on the landscape of the capital city of Shahjahanabad. Upon his death, his son Aurangzeb had him interred in it next to Mumtaz Mahal. Sati al-Nisa Khanam was known for her knowledge of the Many of the women in the imperial household were accomplished at reading and writing poetry and painting. The family had descended from the “Ahl al-Bayt” (Family) of Muhammad, hence called the “Sada'at”. He was one of the greatest patrons of Its structure was drawn with great care and architects from all over the world were called for this purpose. Aurangzeb refused to accommodate such ostentation. کہ قبر پوش غریباں ہمیں گیاہ و بس است harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFThackeray,_Findling2012 ( After Mumtaz Mahal's untimely death in 1631, the 17-year-old Jahanara took her mother's place as First Lady (Jahanara was an ardent partisan of her brother Dara Shikoh and supported him as her father's chosen successor. Shah Jahan was considered the most competent of Emperor In September 1657, Shah Jahan fell seriously ill. She was unsuccessful.

gold (mohur), silver (rupee) and copper (dam).

She argued against Aurangzeb's strict regulation of public life in accordance with his conservative religious beliefs and his decision in 1679 to restore the poll tax on non-Muslims, which she said would alienate his Hindu subjects.Jahanara had her tomb built during her lifetime. The marriage was a happy one and Khurram remained devoted to her. Shahzadi (Princess) Jahanara Begum was the eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.

This set off a war of succession among his four sons in which his third son, Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram was born on 5 January 1592 in Just prior to Khurram's birth, a soothsayer had reportedly predicted to the childless Empress Khurram remained with her until he turned almost 14. She is confined to life in a slum on the outskirts of Kolkatta. She bore him fourteen children, out of whom seven survived into adulthood. However, Shah Jahan first married Princess Politically speaking, the betrothal allowed Khurram to be considered as having officially entered manhood, and he was granted several jagir, including Hissar-Feroze and ennobled to a military rank of 8,000, which allowed him to take on official functions of the state, an important step in establishing his own claim to the throne.In 1612, aged 20, Khurram married Arjumand Banu Begum, who became known by the title Mumtaz Mahal, on the auspicious date chosen by court astrologers. In 1612 he married Arjūmand Bānū Begum, niece of Jahāngīr’s wife Nūr Jahān, and became, as Prince Khurram, a member of the influential Nūr
Dara was badly defeated in the Shah Jahan did everything he could to stop the planned invasion of Agra. The first occasion for Khurram to test his military prowess was during the Mughal campaign against the Rajput state of Inheritance of power and wealth in the Mughal empire was not determined through Court intrigues, however, including Nur Jahan's decision to have her daughter from her first marriage wed Prince Khurram's youngest brother Upon the death of Jahangir in 1627, the wazir Asaf Khan, who had long been a quiet partisan of Prince Khurram, acted with unexpected forcefulness and determination to forestall his sister the empress Nur Jahan's plans to place Prince Shahryar on the throne. Dara Shikoh would be given the Punjab and adjoining territories; Shuja would get Bengal; Murad would get Gujarat; Aurangzeb’s son Sultan Muhammad would get the Deccan and the rest of the empire would go to Aurangzeb. Asaf Khan also managed palace intrigues to ensure Prince Khurram's succession the throne.His first act as ruler was to execute his chief rivals and imprison his stepmother Nur Jahan. The 60-year-old is the great grand daughter-in-law of the last emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and struggles to make ends meet on a basic pension, despite her royal heritage.

She was a constant companion to her mother Empress Mumtaz Mahal.