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SHAH JAHAN (fl. 1627-1658)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 769 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SHAH JAHAN (fl. 1627-1658) , Mogul emperor of Delhi, the fifth of the dynasty. After revolting against his father Jahangir, as the latter had revolted against
Akbar
 , he succeeded to the throne on his father's death in 1627. It was during his reign that the Mogul power attained its greatest prosperity. The
chief
  events of his reign were the destruction of the kingdom of Ahmadnagar (1636), the loss of Kandahar to the Persians (1653), and a second war against the
Deccan
  princes (1655). In 1658 he fell ill, and was confined by his son Aurangzeb in the citadel of
Agra
  until his death in 1666. The period of his reign was the golden age of Indian architecture. Shah Jahan erected many splendid monuments, the most famous of which is the Taj Mahal at
Agra
 , built as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal; while the Pearl Mosque at Agra and the palace and
great
  mosque at Delhi also commemorate him. The celebrated "
Peacock
  Throne," said to have been worth 6,000,000 also
dates
  from his reign; and he was the founder of the
modern
  city of Delhi, the native name of which is Shahjahanabad.


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