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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Label Occurrences
Shah Jahan canonical 110
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan 14
Emperor Shah Jahan 5

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 (142)

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

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → notableRuler → Shah Jahan ⓘ
subject surface form: Mughal Empire
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → peakUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ
subject surface form: Mughal Empire
mansabdari system → continuedUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Taj Mahal → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Taj Mahal → containsTombOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ
peacock throne → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
subject surface form: Peacock Throne
peacock throne → usedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
subject surface form: Peacock Throne
Red Fort → builder → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Red Fort → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jahangir → successor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jahangir → child → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jama Masjid, Delhi → builder → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jama Masjid, Delhi → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
Aurangzeb → father → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Aurangzeb → predecessor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Shah Jahan → fullName → Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan → era → Shah Jahan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Jahan period
Thatta → patron → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
Mughal court artisans → patron → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Mumtaz Mahal → spouse → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Mumtaz Mahal → spouseRegnalName → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Mughal dynasty → notableRuler → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Mughal dynasty → peakUnder → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Mughal architecture → flourishedDuringReignOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Lahori Gate → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Diwan-i-Aam → associatedWith → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Shah Jahan
Diwan-i-Khas → builtFor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Diwan-i-Khas → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Chatta Chowk → associatedWithEmperor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Chandni Chowk → foundedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore → builtDuringReignOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Khurram → regnalName → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Khurram → alsoKnownAs → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Khurram → alsoKnownAs → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Jahan I
Khurram → eraName → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Sultan al-Azam Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan
Parviz Mirza → relative → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Parviz Mirza → relative → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurram (Shah Jahan)
Nur Jahan → stepSon → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jagat Gosain → child → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jagat Gosain → motherOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Jagat Gosain → alsoKnownAs → Shah Jahan ⓘ
subject surface form: Prince Khurram
Khusrav Mirza → sibling → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Salim → successor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Salim → parentOf → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurram (Shah Jahan)
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim → child → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim → successor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim → successorAsMughalEmperor → Shah Jahan ⓘ
World-reflecting Mosque → commissionedBy → Shah Jahan ⓘ
World-reflecting Mosque → patron → Shah Jahan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan