Sher Afgan Khan

E364682

Mughal nobleman military officer

Sher Afgan Khan was a Mughal nobleman and military officer best known as the first husband of the influential empress Nur Jahan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sher Afgan	1
Sher Afgan Khan canonical	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mughal nobleman ⓘ military officer ⓘ
activeIn	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
allegiance	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
alsoKnownAs	Ali Quli Istajlu ⓘ Sher Afghan Khan ⓘ
associatedWith	Jahangir ⓘ surface form: Emperor Jahangir Nur Jahan ⓘ surface form: Empress Nur Jahan
conflictWith	Qutb-ud-din Khan Koka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid Iran
deathCause	killed in conflict with Mughal authorities ⓘ
deathPlace	Burdwan ⓘ surface form: Bardhaman Bengal Subah ⓘ
deathYear	1607 (approximate) ⓘ
era	Mughal era ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Turkmens ⓘ surface form: Turkoman
heldTitle	Sher Afgan Khan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sher Afgan
historicalReputation	brave soldier ⓘ loyal officer under Akbar ⓘ
knownFor	military service in Bengal ⓘ
marriageToNurJahan	took place before Jahangir’s accession ⓘ
mentionedIn	Mughal chronicles ⓘ
militaryRank	jagirdar ⓘ
notableEvent	death shortly after Jahangir’s accession ⓘ
notableFor	being the first husband of Nur Jahan ⓘ
occupation	military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
politicalContext	transition from Akbar to Jahangir ⓘ
positionHeld	Mughal officer in Bengal Subah ⓘ faujdar of Bardhaman ⓘ
region	Bengal ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
servedUnder	Akbar ⓘ surface form: Emperor Akbar Jahangir ⓘ surface form: Emperor Jahangir Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
spouse	Mehr-un-Nissa ⓘ Nur Jahan ⓘ
titleGivenBy	Akbar ⓘ surface form: Emperor Akbar

Referenced by (2)

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

Nur Jahan → spouse → Sher Afgan Khan ⓘ

Sher Afgan Khan → heldTitle → Sher Afgan Khan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sher Afgan