Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Did you know?

Did you know that:
  • Nur Jahan's actual name was Mehrunnisa?
  • Shah Jahan's actual name was Prince Khurram?
  • Mumtaz Mahal's actual name was Arjumand Banu Begum?
  • Nur Jahan was Jahangir's twentieth wife?
  • It was Nur Jahan's second marriage to Jahangir?She was earlier married to Sher Afghan Ali Quli Istajlu.
  • Mumtaz Mahal was Nur Jahan's niece?
  • Akbar's chief empress during his reign was Ruqqaya Sultana Begum?
  • Shah Jahan was the son of Jagat Gosini, Jahangir's favourite wife before he married Nur Jahan?
  • The title Nur Jahan was given to Mehrunnisa on the day of her wedding with Jahangir, that means 'Light of the World'?
I got to know all this recently after reading the book 'The Twentieth Wife' by Indu Sundaresan.

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