Shah Jahan the great:

Shah Jahan the great:

                                         The full name of shah Jahan was Shahabuddin Muhammad shah Jahan and his real birth name was khurram he was born in January 5 1592 and he became emperor after the death of his father Jahangir and he became king at the age of 36 in 1628 and he was the fifth Mughal Empire. And his period of time known as the golden age of Mughal Empire for his marvelous works in arts and architecture and he was famous all in the world for his buildings temples and the great Taj Mahal he build for his lovely wife Mumtaz Mahal at the time period between 1632 -1648 and she was his third wife .

    Shah Jahan was also known as the Prince Khurram the son of Jahangir. And he was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and he was the third son of Jahangir and His mother was related from Rajput kingdom from Marwar and his real name was Bilqis Makani. And the name “khurram” was given by his grandfather Emperor Akbar, with whom the young prince was closest, the most in relation.

 a soothsayer means in English (a person supposed to be able to foresee the future) and a soothsayer tell Ruqaiya that a child was born in that kingdom the name of his was shah Jahan and he will become the great Mughal empire.  and begum  Ruqaiya was the first wife of Akbar  and the  chief consort of Akbar kingdom and she  did not has any son so he wanted to make shah Jahan his son when he was born in 1592.and  When the child was only six days old, Akbar has ordered to his son Jahangir that his son be taken away from his mother and handed to  his first wife  Ruqaiya so that shah Jahan  could grow up under her care, and Akbar finally become successful  to  fulfill his wife's wish to raise a Mughal emperor. And after that she grew shah Jahan under his care they both love each other so much and shah Jahan love Ruqaiya more than his mother and Ruqaiya love shah Jahan “a thousand times more than if he had his own son”

After Akbar death when shah Jahan was only 14 years old he returns to his father house hold. Shah Jahan was also well educated in the field of arts.

He battle many wars and won them. He built Taj Mahal for his wife Mumtaz Mahal and he cut the hand of architectures that built and design Taj Mahal so they never built that type of building again. He was the great Mughal empire and also famous for Taj Mahal for his marvelous work.

Death:

                       He tried to build a black Taj Mahal for himself where he will buried himself and the concept of black Taj Mahal is that it looks like the shadow of white Taj Mahal but his son Aurangzeb put him in prison to be the new ruler. Because Shah Jahan spend all the budget of his kingdom to make beautiful Taj Mahal that’s why his son put him in that prison where he died on January 22 in 1666 at the age of 74.