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	Shah Jahan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shah_Jehan (858 words)

	Shah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus Shah (or Shaha) is a title borne by the Hindu Maharajadhiraja (King of Kings) of Nepal and his male-line descendants, which was originally conferred as a title by the Muslim Sultan of Delhi on Kulananda Khan, after he made himself ruler of Kaski.
		In western languages the term Shah is often used as an imprecise rendering of Shāhanshāh (meaning King of Kings), usually shortened to Shāh is the term for an Iranian monarch and was used by most of the former rulers of the Iranian empires many nationalities of Iranian origin or under cultural influence.
		In the realm of a Shah (or a more lofty derived ruler style), a prince of blood were logically called Shahzada as the term is derived from Shah using the Persian patronymic suffix -zada, "son, descendant"; see "Prince" article for other uses of the suffix.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shah (1328 words)

	AlShindagah Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jahan's passionate attachment to Mumtaz Mahal made the couple inseparable companions, both at home and abroad and her wise counsel had been of immense help to Shah Jahan, who consulted her in all political issues.
		Shah Jehan made it a tradition to distribute to the poor several times his weight in gold, silver and other valuables twice a year.
		Shah Jehan adored his wife and built a magnificent suite of rooms for her in the palace and brought her lavish gifts.
	www.alshindagah.com /janfeb2004/ladyoftaj.html (2208 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Shah Jahan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		SHAH JAHAN [Shah Jahan] or Shah Jehan, 1592-1666, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), son and successor of Jahangir.
		Shah Jahan's reign is considered the golden age of Mughal art and architecture.
		Shah Jahan fell seriously ill in 1657, and this led to a war of succession among his sons.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/ShahJaha.asp (312 words)

	MUGHAL MONARCHS
		From 1526, when Babur defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, the ruler of Delhi and established himself in neighbouring Agra, until 1638, when his great-great-grandson Shah Jehan built a new capital city in Delhi again, Agra was a repository for all the wealth and talent of one of the most extensive empires in the medieval world.
		The profusion of white marble buildings raised during the period of Shah Jehan, led one scholar to characterise it as the reign of marble.
		The innovations seen in the buildings created during Shah Jehan's reign are striking demonstrations of the effect of particular aesthetic and political concerns.
	members.tripod.com /TajMahal201/monarchs.htm (1659 words)

	Shah Jehan
		The melodrama stresses the two motifs usually associated with Shah Jehan: his commitment to justice and the Taj Mahal, which he built as a monument of love for his wife Mumtaz.
		Shah Jehan adopts Ruhi into the loyal court and offers her in marriage to the one who can create a work of art that `replicates heaven on earth'.
		The dilemma causes a split between Shah Jehan and his wife, only resolved when Mumtaz Mahal (Raagini), on her deathbed, asks the emperor to build a monument reflecting their love.
	pakistani_films.tripod.com /shah_jehan.htm (309 words)

	About the Great Mogul Diamond: History and Subsequent Mystery
		The Aurung-zeb of the second passage is obviously a slip for Shah Fehan, for we know from Bernier that it was to the latter prince, and not to his son, that Emir Jemla presented the stone, as is in fact stated by Tavernier himself in the first passage.
		But Tavernier nowhere says that Shah Jehan retained all his gems, and he even adds that although when mounting the throne Aurung-zeb had only one jewel in his diadem, had he wished to have others placed in it, there was no lack of them.
		It was presented by Emir Jemla to Shah Jehan certainly not earlier than 1655, or about two years before his deposition, and during those two years it was probably in the hands of Borgio, for by the old processes such a large diamond would take fully that time, if not longer, to cut.
	www.jjkent.com /articles/great-mogul-diamond.htm (2766 words)

	The Taj Mahal
		Shah Jehan was the fifth ruler of the Mughal empire.
		One flaw is in the placement of the two coffins, which hold Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jehan; the coffin of the empress was placed in the mausoleum first and it was placed in the center of the room.
		Shah Jehan’s son made the choice to place his father’s tomb next to his mother, and therefore sacrificed the symmetry.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/India/04/simmons/simmons.htm (1650 words)

	Print Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan's everlasting love for Mumtaz led to the genesis of the Taj Mahal.
		Shah Jahan built the Taj to enshrine the body of his favourite wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal ("Elect of the Palace"), who died shortly after giving birth to her fourteenth child, in 1631.
		Overpowered by grief, Shah Jehan was determined to perpetuate her memory for immortality and decided to build his beloved wife the finest sepulchre ever - a monument of eternal love.
	www.indbazaar.com /travel/printhtm.asp?artid=544 (315 words)

	Taj Mahal
		Mumtaz Mahal married Shah Jehan in 1612 (Lashkari, "Crown" 1).
		Legend has it that Shah Jehan was so devastated by her death that in the course of only a few months, his beard and hair had turned completely white (Peswani 2).
		Shah Jehan, after his death in 1666 was buried inside the Taj Mahal alongside his much-loved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (Ahmed 2).
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/India/02/mauney/mauney.htm (1263 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Shah Jahan
		He inherited a vast and rich empire; and at mid-century this was perhaps the greatest empire in the world, exhibiting a degree of centralized control rarely matched before.
		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.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Mughals/Shahjahan.html (543 words)

	The Russian Crown Jewels
		The Shah's shape, similar to a quartz crystal, is one of the most unusual in the world of famous diamonds.
		The Shah is believed to be the stone that Tavernier, the French jeweler and traveler, saw dangling before the throne at the Court of Aurungzeb, Jehan's son, in 1665.
		In 1829, the Shah was given to Czar Nicholas I of Russia by the Persian Government in appeasement for the assassination of the Russian Ambassador, Alexander Griboyedoff, in Teheren; thus, it became part of the Crown Jewels of that country.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /russiancrownjewels.html (628 words)

	The Great Mogul: An Historical Account
		Shah Jehan (Lord of the World) who reigned in the middle of the seventeenth century was, as we have already seen, the husband of the beautiful Nur Jehan (Light of the World) who bore him four sons and two daughters.
		Shah Jehan saw one son put a brother to death and he himself lived for seven years as the captive of the murderer.
		Prince Dara (David) the eldest son of Shah Jehan and the Light of the World, was destined by his father to succeed him on the throne of Delhi.
	www.jjkent.com /articles/great-mogul-historical-account.htm (3129 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Gem of Gems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan, born Khurram Shihab-ud-din Muhammad in 1592, was a descendant of the Mogul emperors (not the Mongols of further east) who swept down out of Afghanistan in 1526 to establish an Islamic dynasty which would rule much of India right up until 1857, As a ruler Shah Jehan was often ruthless.
		Because of her influence, when Shah Jehan became emperor, scholars and poets came to be more welcome at his court than soldiers.
		There is a note of sadness, however, in the fact that the most beautiful example of all Mogul architecture—some argue even the most beautiful building in the world—was also due to the influence of the graceful lady on her loving husband.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196804/gem.of.gems.htm (1108 words)

	History of India
		In the sixth year of his reign Jehan Gir married the beautiful Nur Jehan, by whose influence the emperor's natural brutality was greatly modified in practice.
		Jehan Gir died in 1627 and was succeeded by Shah Jehan.
		Shah Jehan was the most magnificent of all the Moguls.
	www.asianartmall.com /indiahistory4.htm (1021 words)

	Thoroughbred Times: Today's News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan was euthanized on December 10 due to complications from injuring his leg when he kicked through a stall gate at the Santa Anita Park barn of trainer D. Wayne Lukas on November 27.
		Shah Jehan was instead taken to an equine clinic to have pieces of the steel gate removed from his leg.
		Shah Jehan was sent to the United States for his three-year-old campaign and won an allowance at Keeneland Race Course in his third American start before finishing second in the Withers (G3) and Sir Barton Stakes.
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=42369&subsec=6 (770 words)

	Taj Mahal An Eternal Love Story Movie Review - RS Bollywood Online... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jahan old, frail and dispassionate looks at the mausoleum, the Taj Mahal, he made for the love of his wife, where his beloved wife is buried.
		Noor Jehan was a shrewd lady, who wanted the best for herself and her daughter and that is why she wanted Ladli Begum to get married to Khurram, so that she become the Empress of the Mughal Dynasty.
		During her last breath, Mumtaz Mahal asked Shah Jehan to construct her tomb in a beautiful mausoleum, which would be so beautiful, that it could express their love for each other to everyone who would visit the mausoleum.
	www.radiosargam.com /movies/moviereviews/t/tajmahaleternal.htm (1270 words)

	The Mughals: Shah Jehan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan was a patron of the arts, and a lover of all things big: big mosques, big forts, big gemstones.
		A power struggle among his sons ensued, and eventually, the ruthless prince Aurangzeb deposed Shah Jehan in a coup d'etat in 1658.
		Shah Jehan was imprisoned in the Octagonal Tower of the Agra Fort (a beautiful addition to the fort that he himself had constructed) and would remain there until his death, eight years later, in 1666.
	www.edwebproject.org /india/shahjehan.html (398 words)

	FACTS ABOUT THE TAJ MAHAL
		It has been recorded almost contemporarily by Tavernier : "Shah Jehan began to build his own tomb on the other side of the river but the war with his sons interrupted his plan and Aurangzeb who reigns at present is not disposed to complete it".
		The irregular position of the cenotaph of Shah Jehan as compared to that of Mumtaz Mahal which occupies the exact centre of the hall is said to be proof of this assumption.
		The irregular position of Shah Jehan's cenotaph in comparison to Mumtaz Mahal's, is similar to that at the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, and thus should not be of any striking significance.
	members.tripod.com /TajMahal201/facts.htm (1266 words)

	\| Victory News Magazine \| Legacy of the Sharqi Kingdom of Jaunpur \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Mughal emperor Shah Jehan admired this place as the “Shiraz of India” and rightly enough Sher Shah was one of its proud alumnus.
		His adopted son Qaranfal ruled as an independent king and his brief rule was followed by that of his younger brother Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, who is considered to be one of the greatest rulers of the 15th century Hindustan whose prosperous reign of forty years produced some of the finest buildings in Jaunpur.
		Shah Tughlaq with materials brought in from the palace and temples of the Rathore kings of Kannauj.
	www.victorynewsmagazine.com /LegacyofSharqiKingdomJaunpur.htm (1814 words)

	Moving Here \| Stories \| The Shah Jehan Mosque, Woking
		Opened in 1889, the Shah Jehan Mosque is the oldest purpose built mosque in Britain.
		Now a Grade 11 listed building the Shah Jehan Mosque is the focus for Muslims in the area and plays an important role in the community life of the town.
		The Shah Jehan Mosque built in 1889 was the first purpose built mosque in Britain.
	www.movinghere.org.uk /stories/story99/story99.htm (452 words)

	Moore 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan’s ascension to the Mughal throne brought with it a flowering of architecture both in Agra and Delhi.
		Shah Jehan’s rule ended on 21 July 1658 when his third son, Aurangzeb, defeated his brothers, imprisoned his father and became the new emperor of Delhi.
		Shah Jehan fell seriously ill and all his sons proclaimed succession.
	ww2.coastal.edu /engl314/Moore.htm (1191 words)

	Shah Jehan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Named for that lavish emperor of India who ruled three centuries ago from the famous Peacock Throne, Shah Jehan is itself an extravaganza of color, containing no less than seven distinctly different hues.
		The standards are a delicate creamy-buff faintly edged lavender; the falls are rich and magnificent, quickly blending from a light fawn at the haft to a glowing copper, then to a rich deep chestnut.
		Shah Jehan has been called a "study iris." Certainly one can look at it by the hour and find ever-new beauty in its opulent Oriental coloring-beauty which will long afterward "flash upon the inward eye."
	www.worldiris.com /public_html/Quick_Fixes/Q_Shah_Jehan.html (245 words)

	Bradford Curry Guide - Omar Khans
		The Shah Jehan is an up-market establishment serving a high standard of curry; the décor and atmosphere of the place is pleasant and authentic, without suffering from ethnic overkill.
		Overall, we rated the standard of the dishes among the best we've sampled for a long time: they were far richer, and often thicker, than the standard Bradford fare, and while they were approximately twice as much as we've been used to paying, we felt that they were well worth the extra cost.
		The Shah Jehan perhaps isn't the place to come to after a few pints, but for a quiet, high quality curry in intimate surroundings, the restaurant will be hard to better.
	website.lineone.net /~bradfordcurryguide/shahj.htm (1258 words)

	The Indian Express: Columnists - Pamela Philipose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Under the pomegranate tree in one corner of the blooming gardens of firdaus, or paradise, sat Shah Jehan, once known as The Great Moghul, whose many works of splendour still lie strewn across one great swathe of the subcontinent.
		As usual Shah Jehan had his eye focused only on his pride and joy, the Taj Mahal, which lay like a chand ka thukada, a piece of the moon, amidst the dust and grey sprawl of Agra.
		SHAH JEHAN: This is what I want to tell those numbskulls down there, those dolts who only know how to make war, not peace.
	www.expressindia.com /columnists/pame/20010715.html (728 words)

	Webindia123.com-Tourism- Monuments- Taj Mahal (contains its architecture, garden, tombs,etc)
		She was his comrade, his advisor and inspired him to acts of charity and benevolence towards the weak and the needy, but even this qualities were diminished by the love that bound her to Shah Jehan.
		It is also said that his wife's death left Shah Jehan so heartbroken that he locked himself in his private chambers for a month, and when he finally emerged his hair had turned white.
		It was here that the Emperor Shah Jahan spent his last days as a prisoner of his son and usurper to the empire, Aurangazeb, gazing at the tomb of his favourite wife Mumtaz.
	www.webindia123.com /monuments/other/taj.htm (1621 words)

	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story
		The film begins with a battle in which the aging Emperor Shah Jahan (Bollywood stalwart Kabir Bedi) is imprisoned by a rebellious son.
		Shah Jahan then relates the story of the great love he had for his deceased wife, Mumtaz Mahal (Sonya Jehan), to their daughter.
		Shah Jahan (played in his youth by male model Zulfikar Syed) had to overcome courtly in-trigues and royal protocol to win the love of his life.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001659556 (347 words)

	The Haskell Invitational (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shah Jehan and Island Skipper are headed for Sunday's Haskell Invitational, according the connections for each horse.
		Shah Jehan ran on Saturday at Saratoga, finishing fourth in an allowance race and trainer D. Wayne Lukas says the horse will start in the Haskell after the eight day layoff.
		Prior to his start at Saratoga, Shah Jehan was second in the Grade 3 Long Branch Breeders' Cup Stakes and has a lifetime mark of 2-4-0 from 12 starts for earnings of $139,962 for owners Mrs.
	www.monmouthpark.com /haskell/news.asp?NewsID=1524 (335 words)

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