Shah Jahan

E15686

Mughal emperor historical figure

Shah Jahan was a 17th-century Mughal emperor best known for commissioning the Taj Mahal and overseeing a golden age of Indo-Islamic art and architecture in India.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan	2
Al-Sultan al-Azam Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan	1
Emperor Shah Jahan	1
Khurram (Shah Jahan)	1
Shah Jahan I	1
Shah Jahan period	1
Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mughal emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
ancestry	Turco-Mongol ⓘ surface form: Turko-Mongol
architecturalStylePromoted	Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ Mughal architecture ⓘ
birthDate	1592-01-05 ⓘ
birthName	Khurram ⓘ
birthPlace	Lahore ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
burialPlace	Taj Mahal ⓘ
capitalDuringReign	Agra ⓘ Shahjahanabad ⓘ
child	Aurangzeb ⓘ Dara Shikoh ⓘ Jahanara Begum ⓘ Murad Bakhsh ⓘ Roshanara Begum ⓘ Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ surface form: Shah Shuja
commissioned	Jama Masjid, Delhi ⓘ Red Fort ⓘ surface form: Red Fort in Delhi Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta ⓘ Shahjahanabad ⓘ Taj Mahal ⓘ
coronationDate	1628 ⓘ
currencyDuringReign	Mughal rupee ⓘ
deathDate	1666-01-22 ⓘ
deathPlace	Agra ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
deposedBy	Aurangzeb ⓘ
dynasty	Mughal dynasty ⓘ
empire	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
era	Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shah Jahan period
eraCharacterization	golden age of Mughal architecture ⓘ
father	Jahangir ⓘ
fullName	Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan
grandfather	Akbar ⓘ
house	Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid
knownFor	building projects in Agra and Delhi ⓘ commissioning the Taj Mahal ⓘ expansion of the Mughal Empire ⓘ patronage of Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
mother	Jagat Gosain ⓘ
notableEvent	war of succession among his sons ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment	Agra Fort ⓘ
predecessor	Jahangir ⓘ
regionRuled	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
reignEnd	1658 ⓘ
reignStart	1628 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
spouse	Akbarabadi Mahal ⓘ Hasan Banu Begum ⓘ Izz-un-Nissa Begum ⓘ Kandahari Begum ⓘ Mumtaz Mahal ⓘ
successor	Aurangzeb ⓘ
title	Al-Sultan al-Azam ⓘ Padishah ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khurram → alsoKnownAs → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah Jahan I

Diwan-i-Aam → associatedWith → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Shah Jahan

Chatta Chowk → associatedWithEmperor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Jama Masjid, Delhi → builder → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Red Fort → builder → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore → builtDuringReignOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Diwan-i-Khas → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Lahori Gate → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Red Fort → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Jahangir → child → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Diwan-i-Khas → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Jama Masjid, Delhi → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan

peacock throne → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

subject surface form: Peacock Throne

Taj Mahal → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Taj Mahal → containsTombOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ

mansabdari system → continuedUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Shah Jahan → era → Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah Jahan period

Khurram → eraName → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Sultan al-Azam Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan

Aurangzeb → father → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Mughal architecture → flourishedDuringReignOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Chandni Chowk → foundedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Shah Jahan → fullName → Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → notableRuler → Shah Jahan ⓘ

subject surface form: Mughal Empire

Mughal dynasty → notableRuler → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Mughal court artisans → patron → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Thatta → patron → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → peakUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ

subject surface form: Mughal Empire

Mughal dynasty → peakUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Aurangzeb → predecessor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Khurram → regnalName → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Parviz Mirza → relative → Shah Jahan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khurram (Shah Jahan)

Mumtaz Mahal → spouse → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Mumtaz Mahal → spouseRegnalName → Shah Jahan ⓘ

Jahangir → successor → Shah Jahan ⓘ

peacock throne → usedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ

subject surface form: Peacock Throne