Mausoleum of Empress Nur Jehan (Lahore)
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Empress Noor Jahan lies buried in a tomb not far from that of her husband, Emperor Jahangir.Nur Jehan died in 1645 at age 68, and is buried at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore Pakistan, in a tomb, she had built herself, near the tomb of Jahangir. Her brother Asaf Khan's tomb is also located nearby. The tomb attracts many visitors (both Pakistani and foreign) who come to enjoy pleasant walks in its beautiful gardens, all personally laid out and designed by Nur Jehan herself.
Mehr-un-Nisa (1577-1645), Jahangir re-named her Noor Mahal (Light of the Palace)after their marriage ,titled Noor Jahan Begam (Light of the World)when Jahangir became Mughal emperor, was the daughter of Khwaja Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad Ghiyas Beg Taharani, a migrant from Persia, who along with his family had fled to Hindustan, and rose to exalted positions in the cosmopolitan court of Akbar. She married Jahangir in the sixth year of his reign, and, because of her abilities, soon became the fountainhead of authority at the Mughal court. She is the only Mughal empress under whose name imperial receipts were issued and silver coins "struck in the name of the Queen Begam, Noor Jahan" were minted. She first became influential as a staunch ally of Prince Khurram (later Emperor Shah Jahan), the husband of her niece Arjumand Bano Begam or Mumtaz Mahal as she is better known.A great patron of architecture, Noor Jahan had an abiding impact on the culture of the Mughal court. A poet and aesthete, she erected impressive edifices and gardens utilizing the enormous wealth at her disposal from the revenues of her jagirs (fiefs). Although she remained supremely powerful until the death of Jahangir.
Noor Jahan devoted some of her life to the making of perfume, an art form her mother had passed down.
Mehr-un-Nisa (1577-1645), Jahangir re-named her Noor Mahal (Light of the Palace)after their marriage ,titled Noor Jahan Begam (Light of the World)when Jahangir became Mughal emperor, was the daughter of Khwaja Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad Ghiyas Beg Taharani, a migrant from Persia, who along with his family had fled to Hindustan, and rose to exalted positions in the cosmopolitan court of Akbar. She married Jahangir in the sixth year of his reign, and, because of her abilities, soon became the fountainhead of authority at the Mughal court. She is the only Mughal empress under whose name imperial receipts were issued and silver coins "struck in the name of the Queen Begam, Noor Jahan" were minted. She first became influential as a staunch ally of Prince Khurram (later Emperor Shah Jahan), the husband of her niece Arjumand Bano Begam or Mumtaz Mahal as she is better known.A great patron of architecture, Noor Jahan had an abiding impact on the culture of the Mughal court. A poet and aesthete, she erected impressive edifices and gardens utilizing the enormous wealth at her disposal from the revenues of her jagirs (fiefs). Although she remained supremely powerful until the death of Jahangir.
Noor Jahan devoted some of her life to the making of perfume, an art form her mother had passed down.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Jehan
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