Shah Jahan

شاهجهان

Draft card for Shah Jahan, fifth Mughal emperor and builder of the Taj Mahal, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); his 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
sultan
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
South Asia
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Commissioned
Jama Masjid, Delhi (Masjid-i Jahan-Numa)
Participated in
Founding of Shahjahanabad· Completion of the Jama Masjid of Delhi· Inauguration of the Red Fort, Delhi

People and things also explored

Delhi· Jama Masjid, Delhi (Masjid-i Jahan-Numa)· Founding of Shahjahanabad· Completion of the Jama Masjid of Delhi· Inauguration of the Red Fort, Delhi

Sources

  • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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islam.museum contributors. “Shah Jahan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shah-jahan-mughal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Delhi

A city in northern India; it was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from the thirteenth century CE and then the Mughal capital.