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Jahanara Begum

1614 - 1681

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Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. After Mumtaz Mahal's untimely death in 1631, the 17-year-old Jahanara was entrusted with the charge of the royal seal and conferred the title of Padshah Begum (First lady) of the Mughal Empire, even though her father had three surviving wives. She was Shah Jahan's favorite daughter and wielded major political influence during her father's reign, and has been described as "the most powerful woman in the empire" at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jahanara Begum is the 1,909th most popular politician (up from 7,333rd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from India (up from 238th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jahanara Begum ranks 1,909 out of 19,576. Before her are Josef Kramer, Caroline Bonaparte, Koxinga, Suleyman Shah, Llywelyn the Great, and Avitus. After her are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ioannis Metaxas, Simon Thassi, Roman Herzog, and Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Jahanara Begum ranks 1. After her are Franciscus Sylvius, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, John Wilkins, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, Henry More, Martino Martini, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Michał Boym, Juan Carreño de Miranda, and Élisabeth de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1681, Jahanara Begum ranks 2. Before her is Pedro Calderón de la Barca. After her are Gerard ter Borch, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Justus Sustermans, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Zheng Jing, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Hermann Conring, and Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jahanara Begum ranks 83 out of 1,861. Before her are Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), Zubin Mehta (1936), Dara Shukoh (1615), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), and Shivaji (1627). After her are Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Sita (null), Julie Christie (1940), B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Jahangir (1569).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jahanara Begum ranks 33. Before her are Aurangzeb (1618), Akbar II (1760), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Dara Shukoh (1615), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), and Shivaji (1627). After her are Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Jahangir (1569), Harsha (590), and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924).

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