Mihr-un-Nissa

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Mihr-un-Nissa, better known by her royal title Nur Jahan, was a powerful and influential Mughal empress and the twentieth wife of Emperor Jahangir, renowned for her political acumen and cultural patronage in 17th-century India.

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Mihr-un-Nissa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal empress ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mehr-un-Nissa ⓘ
Nur Jahan ⓘ
Nur Jahan Begum ⓘ
linked to: Nur Jahan
associatedWith Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb ⓘ
Jahangir ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ
birthDate 1577 ⓘ
birthPlace Kandahar ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
child Ladli Begum ⓘ
citizenship Mughal Empire ⓘ
country Mughal Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1645 ⓘ
deathPlace Lahore ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
designed Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah in Agra ⓘ
dynasty Mughal dynasty (by marriage) ⓘ
era 17th-century India ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
father Itimad-ud-Daulah ⓘ
Mirza Ghiyas Beg ⓘ
influenced Mughal court politics ⓘ
Mughal fashion and jewelry ⓘ
imperial hunting and military expeditions ⓘ
knownFor cultural and architectural patronage ⓘ
having coins struck in her name ⓘ
influence on imperial dress and aesthetics ⓘ
issuing imperial orders (farmans) ⓘ
participation in state councils ⓘ
political influence over Mughal court ⓘ
language Hindustani ⓘ
linked to: Hindustani language

Persian ⓘ
mother Asmat Begum ⓘ
participatedIn governance of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
patronOf architecture ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
literature ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
positionHeld Empress consort of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
reign c. 1611–1627 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
royalTitleMeaning Light of the World ⓘ
spouse Jahangir ⓘ
spouseOrder twentieth wife of Jahangir ⓘ
spouseTitle Mughal emperor ⓘ
timePeriod Mughal era ⓘ
linked to: Mughal period
title Nur Jahan ⓘ

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Nur Jahan → alsoKnownAs → Mihr-un-Nissa ⓘ