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Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
May 24, 2019 · Jahanara Begum was one of the most powerful women of medieval India, a Mughal princess like no other. And yet her extraordinary story remains lost in the pages of history. Meet the champions who are turning India’s most formidable challenges into opportunities only on The Better India Show!
Sep 17, 2018 · Mughal era. Born in 1614, Jahanara lived a life outside the conventional role of a Mughal princess —as an exemplary poet, writer, architect, engineer and painter, especially in an era where the lives of Mughal women were largely confined within the walls of the zenana.
May 31, 2018 · Jahanara Begum became the First Lady (Padshah Begum) of the Mughal Empire at the tender age of 17 after her mother's death.
Dec 15, 2008 · JAHĀNĀRĀ BEGUM, (1614-81) the eldest surviving daughter of the Mughal Emperor Šāh Jahān and his favorite wife, Momtāz Mahal, for whom Šāh Jahān commissioned the Tāj Mahal.
Jahanara Begum (1614-81) was the eldest daughter of the emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). Like her brother Dara Shikoh, the heir to the throne, she was profoundly spiritual, and they were initiated together into the Qadiriya order of Sufiism.
Sep 11, 2020 · Princess Jahanara Begum, born on 23 rd March 1614 at the Akbari Fort of Ajmer, was the second daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and the first with his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. At the age of seventeen, losing her mother untimely, Jahanara Begum rose to the title of Padshah Begum or empress, in the year 1630.
