Shahjahan (1628-58)-ugc
1-In 1612 he married Arzmand Banu Begum who became famous as Mumtaz Mahal
2-In 1632, he defeated Potugese and annexed Ahmednager in 1636
3-Shahjahan’s reign is described by French traveller Bernier and Tavernier and the Italian traveller Manucci. Peter Mundi described the famine that occured during Shah Jahan’s time.
4-Shahjahan succeeded to the throne on the death of Jahangir in 1628. The first thing that he had to face
was revolts in Bundelkhand (Jujjhar Singh Bundela of Orchcha) and the Deccan (Khan-i-Jahan Lodi, the governor of Deccan).
5-He sent his armies to Balkh and Badakshan in Central Asia in order to secure the defence of northwestern
India. Shah Jahan who had recovered Kandahar (1638) from the Iranians but lost it again (1649) despite three
campaigns under Prince Murad, Aurangzeb and Dara.
6-The War of succession took a notorious turn during Shahjahan’s reign and his two daughters Jahan Ara and Roshan Ara supported his two sons. Dara and Aurangzeb, respectively.
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