![]() Though this engagement had probably been a somewhat routine coming-of-age ritual for the prince - Jahangir had also recently granted his son some of the symbols of royalty such as a special banner and drums, a mansab rank, and a jagir (revenue paying land).īuy 2-year plan with SD20 code for special priceįor the length of their married life Mumtaz Mahal rarely left Shah Jahan’s side, travelling wherever he travelled, often to far-flung provinces like Bengal and Telangana. ![]() The marriage of Arjumand Bano to Khurram had, however, been arranged five years before, in April 1607, when she was just under 14 years old, and he was 15 (in the interim period, Shah Jahan married again). Mehrunnissa rapidly rose in the emperor’s favour, and was ultimately honoured with the tile of Nur Jahan, “light of the world”. ![]() I’tmad-ud-daulah had, less than a year ago, been made the wazir of the empire - a rise that was probably not unconnected to the marriage that same year, of his daughter Mehrunnissa, to Jahangir. In an entry dated May 1612, Jahangir simply mentions attending the wedding celebrations of his son Khurram (who would later be given the title Shah Jahan) with the daughter of I’tqad Khan, the son of I’tmaduddaula. Born Arjumand Bano, she is first referred to in the Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri, the memoirs of emperor Jahangir.
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