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Nur Jahan

نور جهان

Draft card for Nur Jahan, consort of the Mughal Jahangir who became the most powerful woman of the Mughal state, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); her entry in Hasan Ibrahim's Tarikh al-Islam is not yet checked on the page, so no dates are given.

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Roles
royal-consort
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
South Asia
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Sibling of
Asaf Khan IV
Child of
Mirza Ghiyas Beg

People and things also explored

Asaf Khan IV· Mirza Ghiyas Beg· Shaista Khan· Lahore

Sources

  • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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Asaf Khan IV

Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan (c. 1569–1641), a Mughal noble of Persian origin, son of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, elder brother of Nur Jahan and father of Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal); he served as Jahangir's vakil and as grand vizier under Shah Jahan, and built his tomb at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore.