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Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666

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Shah Jahan I (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the zenith of Mughal architectural and cultural achievements. The third son of Jahangir (r. 1605–1627), Shah Jahan participated in the military campaigns against the Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar and the rebel Lodi nobles of the Deccan. After Jahangir's death in October 1627, Shah Jahan defeated his youngest brother Shahryar Mirza and crowned himself emperor in the Agra Fort. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shah Jahan is the 1,132nd most popular politician (down from 454th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Pakistani Politician.

Shah Jahan was the emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1628-1658. He is most famous for building the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

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Among politicians, Shah Jahan ranks 1,132 out of 19,576. Before him are Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Tiu, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Sunjong of Korea, Mohammad Najibullah, and Liu Shaoqi. After him are Merovech, Tarja Halonen, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Roderic, Vlad II Dracul, and Louise, Princess Royal.

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Among people born in 1592, Shah Jahan ranks 3. Before him are John Amos Comenius, and Hong Taiji. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Catalina de Erauso. Among people deceased in 1666, Shah Jahan ranks 3. Before him are Anne of Austria, and Frans Hals. After him are Abbas II of Persia, Guercino, François Mansart, Luisa de Guzmán, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, and Senhime.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 15 out of 217. Before him are Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Chanakya (-375), I. K. Gujral (1919), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Pran (1920), and Bacha Khan (1890). After him are Bhagat Singh (1907), Arif Alvi (1949), Vasubandhu (400), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), and Asanga (300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 8. Before him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Manmohan Singh (1932), Porus (-400), Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), and I. K. Gujral (1919). After him are Arif Alvi (1949), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), and Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944).

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