| Names |
JAHANARA BEGUM
SAHIB |
| Date of
Birth |
April 02, 1614 |
| Date of
Death |
September 16, 1681 |
| Identity |
Shahzadi (Imperial
Princess) of the Mughal Empire |
| General |
- She was the eldest surviving daughter of Emperor
Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
- She was also the older sister of her father's successor
and the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
- After Empress Mumtaz Mahal died from complications
of giving birth to her fourteenth child, Jahanara became
Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire.
- On Aurangzeb's ascent by force to the throne, she joined
her father in imprisonment at the Agra Fort, where she
devoted herself to his care until his death in 1666.
- After the death of their father, Aurangzeb gave her the
title, Empress of Princesses and she replaced Roshanara as
First Lady.
- She argued against Aurangzeb's strict regulation of
public life in accordance with his conservative religious
beliefs.
- Auranzeb's decision on April 02, 1679
to restore the jizya tax on
non-Muslims, was also strongly opposed by her, though
without any success.
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