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Jahan. He tied the knot more firmly in a traditional way, by taking Shahnawaz's young daughter Izz-un-Nissa Begum, as his third wife. He did not even bother to consult his father, Jahangir. However, according to Muhammad Amin Qazvini, a contemporary court biographer from the reign of Shah Jahan, the marriage was forced upon the prince. The wedding took place at Burhanpur on 2 September 1617, and was a full 'bond of matrimony through a religious sanctioned marriage ceremony.'
258:), to such an extent that he did not feel towards the others one thousandth part of the affection that he did for Her late Majesty.' According to Qazvini, 'these two wives enjoyed nothing more than the title of wifeship.' However, after the death of Mumtaz Mahal, Inayat Khan noted that Izz-un-nissa Begum and Fatehpuri Mahal (another one of his wives) were especially favoured by the emperor. 232:
On 25 June 1619, at Agra, she gave birth to her only child, a son. Jahangir named him Sultan Jahan Afroz Mirza. But as the child was not born in an auspicious hour, he did not kept him with himself, and instead sent him to his great grandfather, Abdul Rahim Khan in Deccan, in the company of Abdul
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that Abdul Rahim Khan, Izz-un-Nissa's grandfather, should be given the governorship of all newly secured southern islands. He also made Izz-un-Nissa's father, Shahnawaz Khan de facto commander-in-chief of the southern islands. Both the appointments served to guarantee their future loyalty to Shah
290:. Shah Jahan used this mosque for prayer until his own was completed in 1656. It no longer exists, but 19th century illustrations indicate that the mosque was similar to contemporary ones built by Fatehpuri Mahal (another one of Shah Jahan's wives) and 247:, son of Shah Jahan, who had contracted smallpox, would die. However, according to the astrologer Jotik Rai, another of his sons whom Jahangir did not like would die. And so Izz-un-Niss's son died prematurely at Burhanpur in March 1621. 659:
The Shah Jahan nama of 'Inayat Khan: an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian : the nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add.
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Izz-un-Nissa survived her husband, who was deeply concerned about her welfare at the time of his death in 1666. She died 12 years later on 28 January 1678 in
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Shah Jahan and his paradise on earth : the story of Shah Jahan's creations in Agra and Shahjahanabad in the golden days of the Mughals
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The Maāthir-ul-umarā: being biographies of the Muhammādan and Hindu officers of the Timurid sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D
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Shah Jahan and his paradise on earth: the story of Shah Jahan's creations in Agra and Shahjahanabad in the golden days of the Mughals
521:. Washington, D. C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; New York: Oxford University Press. 274:(present-day Old Delhi). Her tomb is referred to as the tomb of Sirhindi Begum. This must be another title of Izz-un-Nissa Begum. 647: 575: 526: 681: 615: 401: 376: 343: 270:. Izz-un-Nissa Begum was buried in the Sirhindi Garden laid out by her in the Sabji Mandi area in the outskirts of 17: 686: 691: 250:
According to a saying of the contemporary chronicler Inayat Khan, although Shah Jahan had married her and
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Izz-un-Nissa Begum was the daughter of Mirza Iraj who held the title, Shahnawaz Khan. He was the son of
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In 1617, after the Deccan victory, Prince Khurram (future Shah Jahan) proposed to his father, Emperor
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Awrangābādī, Shāhnavāz Khān; Shāhnavāz, ʻAbd al-Ḥayy ibn; Prashad, Baini (1952).
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Shāhnavāz Khān Awrangābādī; ʻAbd al-Ḥayy ibn Shāhnavāz; Bani Prasad (1952).
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Shahjahanabad : the sovereign city in Mughal India, 1639–1739
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and an impressive mosque in a major market in the south part of
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The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India
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Rahim's daughter Janan Begum, the widow of the late Prince
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The complete Taj Mahal and the riverfront gardens of Agra
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Jahangir, Emperor; Thackston, Wheeler McIntosh (1999).
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that in 1621 all the astrologers thought that Prince
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Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor
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Index

Akbarabadi Mahal
Queen
Mughal Empire
Agra
India
Old Delhi
Shah Jahan
Issue
House
Timurid
Islam
Shah Jahan
Akbarabad
Akbarabadi Mosque
Shahjahanabad
Old Delhi
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
Bairam Khan
Black Sheep Turkoman
Jahangir
Daniyal Mirza
Tuzk-e-Jahangiri
Shah Shuja
Kandahari Begum
Mumtaz Mahal
Agra
Shahjahanabad
Delhi
Jahanara Begum

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