The War of Succession following the illness of Emperor Shah Jahan in 1657 was one of the most decisive and dramatic episodes in Mughal history. It was not...
Murad Baksh (1624–1661) was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. As a member of the illustrious Mughal dynasty, he...
Shah Shuja, a prominent figure in Mughal history, was one of the sons of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He played a significant role...
Dara Shikoh (1615–1659) was a Mughal prince, scholar, and spiritual thinker, renowned for his intellectual curiosity, liberal religious outlook, and attempts to bridge Hindu and Islamic thought in...
Mohyuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb was born in 1618 and had already been the Governor of Deccan after 1636, when his father had led the campaigns in person and annexed...
Malik Ambar (1548–1626) was one of the most remarkable statesmen and military commanders in the history of the Deccan. Originally an African slave who rose to the position...
The Deccan Policy of Shah Jahan refers to the strategic and administrative approach adopted by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1628–1658) towards the Deccan region of India, which...
Shahjahanabad, founded by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1639, was the seventh city of Delhi and served as the imperial capital of the Mughal Empire in the...
The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, is one of the most celebrated architectural masterpieces in the world. Renowned for its sublime beauty, perfect symmetry, and...
The relationship between the Mughal Empire under Emperor Shah Jahan (1628–1658) and the Portuguese reflected a complex interplay of diplomacy, commerce, and conflict. During Shah Jahan’s reign, Mughal–Portuguese...
