{"slug": "shah-jahan", "label": "Shah Jahan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83672", "qid": "Q83672", "description": "the fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658", "entries": 31, "years": 23, "span": [1573, 1666], "span_label": ["1573 CE", "1666 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "agra", "label": "Agra", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "taj-mahal", "label": "Taj Mahal", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "jahangir", "label": "Jahangir", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "mughal-emperor", "label": "Mughal Emperor", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "aurangzeb", "label": "Aurangzeb", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "delhi", "label": "Delhi", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "islamic-calendar", "label": "Islamic calendar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 13", "text": "13 May – Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, later became the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and mother of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (died 1619)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323609787#Births", "title": "1573 in India", "revid": 1323609787, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Shah Jahan, 5th Mughal Emperor of India from 1628 to 1658 (d. 1666)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#January–June", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Births › January–June"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 5", "text": "5 January – Shah Jahan, Emperor and poet (died 1666).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323913160#Births", "title": "1592 in India", "revid": 1323913160, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 6", "text": "6 April – Mumtaz Mahal, chief consort of Shah Jahan, (died 1631).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334971737#Births", "title": "1593 in India", "revid": 1334971737, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Prince Khurram, the 20-year-old son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, marries 19-year-old Arjumand Banu Begum at a ceremony in Delhi. In 1628, Khurram becomes the Emperor Shah Jahan with Arjumand Begum as his chief consort Mumtaz Mahal. Arjumand dies in 1631 and Khurram later commissions and builds the Taj Mahal in her memory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#April–June", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1613, "year_label": "1613 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Amar Singh Rathore, a Rajput nobleman affiliated with the royal house of Marwar, and a courtier of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, on 11 December", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369729860#Births", "title": "1613 in India", "revid": 1369729860, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – Sir Thomas Roe, a representative of England's East India Company, arrives in Ahmedabad at India's Mughal Empire, and seeks an audience with the Emperor, Shah Jahan. The Emperor receives Roe in an audience three weeks later, on January 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#October–December", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Raja Gaj Singh of Marwar, along with Mahabat Khan and Parviz Mirza, is deputized by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in India to hunt down Jahangir's rebel son, Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram. The search fails, and Khurram will become the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan after Jahangir's death in 1627.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#April–June", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 (Jumada-l awwal 2, 1037 AH) – Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram, son of the later Emperor Jahangir, enters Lahore after defeating his brother Shahryar Mirza. He is proclaimed as Shah Jahan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – (26 Jumada I 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, Jahangir, as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name Shah Jahan and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#January–March", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – The coronation of Shah Jahan as ruler of the Mughal Empire takes place in Agra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#January–March", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Death of Jehangir and accession to the Mughal throne of Shah Jahan (born 1592, deposed 1658, died 1666)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246599754#Events", "title": "1629 in India", "revid": 1246599754, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In the Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan's Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is consecrated (completed 1635).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#Date_unknown", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – The death in childbirth of Mumtaz Mahal at Burhanpur causes her husband Shah Jahan to commission the Taj Mahal at Agra, as a mausoleum for her. Construction is started in 1632, and finished in 1653.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#April–June", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Mumtaz Mahal, favorite wife of Shah Jahan (b. 1593)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#Deaths", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Shah Jahan's beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal dies, after giving birth to their 14th child. 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The Mughals, led by Shah Jahan, fail to recapture Kandahar after three sieges in four years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1653, "year_label": "1653 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – The Moti Masjid, an Islamic mosque made completely of white marble and within the walls of the Agra Fort in what is now the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, is dedicated by the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, on 16 Muharram 1064.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981775#October–December", "title": "1653", "revid": 1365981775, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – In India, Jaswant Singh of Marwar (in the modern-day state of Rajasthan) is elevated to the title of Maharaja by Emperor Shah Jahan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981814#January–March", "title": "1654", "revid": 1365981814, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "September", "text": "September – Shah Jahan becomes ill, allowing his son to take control of the Mughal Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#July–September", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Prince Muhi al-Din Muhammad, one of the sons of India's Mughal, Emperor Shah Jahan, proclaims himself Emperor after Jahan names Muhi's older brother, Dara Shikoh, as regent, and departs from Aurangabad with troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#January–March", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – In India, the Battle of Dharmat is fought in the modern-day state of Madhya Pradesh between rival claimants to the throne of the Mughal Empire. Prince Muhi al-Din Muhammad, the son of the Emperor Shah Jahan, leads 30,000 men in a triumph over 22,000 troops led by Jaswant Singh of Marwar and Ratan Singh Rathore. Despite heavy losses, with more than 11,000 casualties, Prince Muhi, who has adopted the name Aurangzeb, continues toward Samugarh and Agra and captures the throne at the end of July.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#April–June", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – After Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#July–September", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1659, "year_label": "1659 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Prince Dara Shikoh, who had been the heir apparent to the throne of the Mughal Empire in India until the overthrow of his father, Shah Jahan, makes a stand near Ajmer to fight the armies sent by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, but loses and is forced to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986380#January–March", "title": "1659", "revid": 1365986380, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#Deaths", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Deaths"}}]}