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	The Reign of Shah Jahan, 1628-1658
		Shah Jahan was an active patron of palaces and mosques.
		From Shah Jahan to the end of the Mughal line the famous Red Fort was heart of the empire and the principal residence of the emperors.
		Shah Jahan returned north to concentrate on his new capital at Shahjahanabad, while his son, the young prince Aurangzeb, was appointed viceroy and commander-in-chief of Mughal forces in the Deccan.
	www.islamicart.com /library/empires/india/shahjahan.html (1561 words)

	Shah Jahan
		Shah Jahan was a Mogul emperor of India from 1628, till his son forced him to advocate the throne in 1658.
		Shah Jahan was the son of the previous ruler of India Jahangir.
		Shah Jahan is mostly remembered for his architecture contributions including the red fort, his gem studded peacock throne, Jama Masjid of Delhi and the most famous is the mausoleum to his wife the Taj Mahal.
	www.freewebs.com /historyfigures/shah_jahan.html (1181 words)

	Shah Jahan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Shah Jahan’s reign is considered the golden age of Mughal art and architecture.
		Among the buildings he erected were the unsurpassed Taj Mahal and the Pearl Mosque, both at Agra, and the new city at Delhi, which he made his capital.
		Shah Jahan fell seriously ill in 1657, and this led to a war of succession among his sons.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sh/ShahJaha.html (190 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Shah Jahan
		Shah Jahan expanded his empire in all directions: he annexed the Rajput kingdoms of Baglana and Bundelkhand to the west, and in 1635 he captured the kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda in the Deccan.
		His traditional biographers have suggested that his military campaigns were organized with diligence, and judging from the hospitals and rest houses built in his reign, he appears not to have been devoid of a social conscience.
		Aurangzeb captured Shah Jahan on 8 June 1658, and had him jailed at the Agra Fort, from where the old emperor could look wistfully at the glorious Taj.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Mughals/Shahjahan.html (543 words)

	Shah Jahan - ninemsn Encarta
		Shah Jahan (1592-1666), fifth Mughal emperor of India (1628-1658), the third son of Emperor Jahangir, born in Lahore (now in Pakistan).
		Above all, however, it was distinguished by architectural splendour; Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal and the Pearl Mosque at Agra and presided over the construction of Delhi, which he made his capital in 1648.
		Deposed by his son Aurangzeb in 1658 after he had fallen ill, Shah Jahan spent the rest of his years in prison.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571225/Shah_Jahan.html (169 words)

	Shah Jahan - MSN Encarta
		Shah Jahan (1592-1666), fifth Mughal emperor of India (1628-1658), the third son of Emperor Jahangir, born in Lahore (now in Pakistan).
		Above all, however, it was distinguished by architectural splendour; Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal and the Pearl Mosque at Agra and presided over the construction of Delhi, which he made his capital in 1648.
		Deposed by his son Aurangzeb in 1658 after he had fallen ill, Shah Jahan spent the rest of his years in prison.
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		Shah Jahan erected many splendid monuments, the most famous of which is the Taj Mahal at Agra, built as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal; while the Pearl Mosque at Agra and the palace and great mosque at Delhi also commemorate him.
		Shah Jahan is best known as the builder of the Taj Mahal, a shrine to his Persian second wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal ("Ornament of the Palace") whom he married on May 10,1612, at the age of 20.
		Shah Jahan reversed this trend by putting down a Muslim rebellion in Ahmednagar, repulsing the Portuguese in Bengal, capturing the Rajput kingdoms of Baglana and Bundelkhand to the west, and the kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda in the Deccan and the northwest beyond the Khyber Pass.
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	History of India
		Shah Jahan was a man of greater mark, though less attractive than Jahangir, in spite of his obvious faults.
		Shah Jahan was a man of great executive ability, to which he added a love for the magnificent and a refined artistic sense, specially for architecture.
		Shah Jahan (1592-1666) was the fifth ruler of the Mughal Empire in India.
	indiansaga.com /history/mughal_shahjahan.html (489 words)

	Shah Jahan Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shah Jahan is best known as the builder of the Taj Mahal, a shrine to his Persian second wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal ("Ornament of the Palace") whom he married on May 10,1612, at the age of 20.
		Shah Jahan was born with the name Prince Khurram to Jahangir and the Hindu Rajput Princess Manmati, and was reportedly close to his grandfather Akbar as a child.
		Shah Jahan reversed this trend by putting down a Muslim rebellion in Ahmednagar, repulsing the Portuguese in the Bengal, capturing the Rajput kingdoms of Baglana and Bundelkhand to the west, and the kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda in the Deccan and the northwest beyond the Khyber Pass.
	www.bookrags.com /Shah_Jahan (2266 words)

	Shah Jahan - The Emperor
		Shah Jahan ascended the throne in 1628 and assumed the title of Abul Muzaffar Shahbuddin Muhammad Sahib-i Kiran-i Sani.
		Abdullah Qutb Shah of Golconda formally recognized the suzerainty of Shah Jahan but the king of Bijapur was not ready to barter away his independence.
		Undoubtedly, Shah Jahan was one of the greatest rulers of the Mughals.
	www.indhistory.com /shah-jahan.html (608 words)

	Shah Jahan Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shah Jahan (1592-1666) was the fifth Mogul emperor of India.
		The third son of Emperor Jahangir, Shah Jahan was born at Lahore on Jan. 5, 1592, and was given the name of Khurram.
		For 8 years Shah Jahan remained a prisoner in the Agra Fort, attended by his faithful daughter Jahanara and gazing, it is reported, most of the time upon the Taj Mahal, where he was to be laid to rest beside his favorite consort.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/shah-jahan (913 words)

	Shah Jahan,History of Shah Jahan,Shah Jahan 1628-1658
		The scene of history shifts to Delhi again with Shah Jahan (of the Taj Mahal fame), the son of Jahangir ascending the throne.
		Shah Jahan ascended the throne on popular demand, Nur Jahan retired from public life and her son-in-law was imprisoned.
		A nice romantic tale, but the truth is that for all his love, Shah Jahan did not hesitate to expose Mumtaz to the rigours of travel in all states of health so that she died at the young age of 39 after giving birth to their fourteenth child.
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/history/shahjahan.html (1202 words)

	King ofthe World : Shah Jahan by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
		Here in Agra fort, Shah Jahan would spend eight of his last years as a prisoner of his son, Aurangzeb shuffling between the hallways of the palace, squinting at the distant silhouette of his famous Taj Mahal on the banks of River Jamuna.
		Shah Jahan’s earlier years were spent in doing his father’s bidding in various campaigns and territorial expansion.
		Shah Jahan would recover from his illness only to spend his last days as an old and decrepit man, imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb, in the fort in Agra.
	www.boloji.com /history/013.htm (879 words)

	Shah Jahan - MSN Encarta
		As a young prince he commanded his father's army, leading many campaigns, but in 1623, compelled by the intrigues of the imperial consort, he rose in rebellion.
		Above all, however, it was distinguished by architectural splendor; he built the Taj Mahal and the Pearl Mosque at Āgra and presided over the construction of Delhi, which he made his capital.
		Deposed by his son Aurangzeb in 1658, Shah Jahan spent the rest of his years in prison.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571225/Shah_Jahan.html (158 words)

	Shah Jahan
		Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal, was the fifth Muymal Emperor.
		Shah Jahan was a brave and capable Muslim leader and showed his servants respect.
		Shah Jahan was imprisoned at the Agra Fort for eight years, until his death.
	www.asd.k12.ak.us /schools/romig/pages/asia2/History/taj/ShahJahan.html (152 words)

	Shah Jahan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Born as Prince Khurram in 1592 in Lahore, India, Shah Jahan was the son of Emperor Jahangir.
		She had Shah Jahan sent on a military campaign, hoping that she could reduce his influence at court.
		Late in his rule, Shah Jahan was plagued by the same political infighting that he had seen in his youth.
	home.comcast.net /~glennwatson550/worksheets/shahjahan.html (647 words)

	Shah Jahan, Know About Shahjahan, Love of Shah Jahan to Mumtaz
		Consequently, the reign of Shah Jahan is sometimes referred to as the "reign of marble).
		Shah Jahan spent incalculable wealth on his preoccupations: a life of ease, pageantry and pleasure, expeditions to expand his dominion and the creation of his celebrated edifices.
		For all the beauty of the embellishments used in the Taj Mahal and his other buildings, it is the stylistic unity and harmony of design that is Shah Jahan's greatest accomplishment, providing the finishing touch in the Mughal style of architecture.
	www.tajmahaltours.com /shajahan.htm (548 words)

	Bahadur Shah,Bahadur Shah Zafar,History of Bahadur Shah,Mughal History of Bahadurshah
		The golden period of the Mughals is said to be the reign of Shah Jahan.
		Shah Jahan, who had the most peaceful reign of all, bought trouble for himself by needlessly starting an expensive Balkh campaign to win back Samarkand.
		The golden rays which seemed to be fading at the end of Shah Jahan’s rule were brightened to a large extent by Aurangzeb in his initial years.
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/history/bahadurshah.html (1541 words)

	Famous Couples \| Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
		In 1612, a teenage girl, Arjumand Banu, married 15-year-old Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire.
		Shah Jahan was never able to complete a fl marble mausoleum he planned for himself.
		Deposed by his son, Shah Jahan was imprisoned in the Red Fort of Agra, and spent lonely hours staring across the Jamuna River at the monument to his beloved queen.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/love3.html (204 words)

	Shah Jahan Biography
		Padshah Shah Jahan I (January 5, 1592 - January 22, 1666) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1627 until 1658.
		Shah Jahan had 5,000 concubines and also conducted affairs with his daughters Chamani and Jahanara.
		But for the last five years of his life he was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in a room Agra Fort, tended only by his eldest daughter Jahanara Begum, with a direct view of the building.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Jahan_Shah.html (253 words)

	Nur Jahan
		It is because of her ‘eye’ being added to that of her husband who was one of the greatest aesthetes known to the history of mankind that Mughal painting scaled its pinnacle of glory in the period 1612-1627.
		The family of Nur Jahan, her mother, her father Mirza Ghiyas, her brother Asaf Khan, her niece Arjumand Bano Begum entitled Mumtaz Mahal (the lady of the Taj), her nephew Shaista Khan are all remarkable persons known for their administrative skills one for the extraordinary level of elegance and excellent achieved.
		It was well within her means to do so as it was Shah Jahan’s wish that a gold and jewel screen to surround his wife’s sepulchre which was covered with a sheet of pearls on Eids and her birthday anniversary.
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	Visit Taj Mahal, Taj mahal info.- About the taj Mahal, Information on Taj, Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, A love story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess.
		After Jahangir's death all his sons quarreled for the thrown, after fighting for years Shah Jahan killed all his brothers under suspicious circumstances and became the emperor, besides him stood his queen, comrade and confidante.
		Shah Jahan titled her "Mumtaz Mahal", "The chosen one of the palace".
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	Asia Map - Continent and Countries India, China Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Taj Mahal was built between 1631 and 1648, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (1627 - 1658) as a memorial and mausoleum to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, also known as Arjumand, that died in 1631, because of childbirth complications.
		It is a magnificent architectural complex, comprising of a main gateway, a mosque, a garden, a guest house and the mausoleum.
		Shah Jahan was deposed by his son Aurangzeb and imprisoned in Agra Fort until his death.
	www.geographicguide.com /asia-map.htm (2037 words)

	Royalty.nu - History of India - The Taj Mahal
		In 1657 Shah Jahan fell ill, and in 1658 his son Aurangzeb took the opportunity to imprison his father and seize the throne.
		It is said Shah Jahan had the hands or fingers of the craftsmen who built the Taj Mahal cut off to ensure they couldn't create another building like it.
		It has been suggested that Shah Jahan never intended to be entombed with his wife, but planned to build a second, fl marble Taj to serve as his mausoleum.
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	Shah Jahan
		Shah Jahan ruled at a time when the empire was very wealthy.
		Shah Jahan commissioned a golden throne called the Peacock Throne.
		Shah Jahan was very active in foreign affairs.
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	Shah Jahan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Prinz Khurram Shah Jahan war als dritter Sohn Jahangirs der Großmogul von Indien zwischen 1627/28 und seiner Entmachtung durch seinen Sohn Aurangzeb.
		Shah Jahan wurde zwar wieder gesund, der Bruderkrieg war aber nicht mehr aufzuhalten.
		Shah Jahan verbrachte seine letzten Lebensjahre als Gefangener in Agra, mit Blick auf den Taj Mahal.
	www.biologie.de /biowiki/Shah_Jahan (368 words)

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