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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, despite the fact that her father had three surviving wives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jahanara Begum has received more than 1,501,744 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jahanara Begum is the 7,334th most popular politician (up from 9,249th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from India (up from 314th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jahanara Begum ranks 7,334 out of 19,576. Before her are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Archelaus of Cappadocia, Osorkon the Elder, Umar Shaikh Mirza II, and Abd al-Rahman V. After her are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Salitis, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Jahanara Begum ranks 6. Before her are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Franciscus Sylvius, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Wilkins, and Juan Carreño de Miranda. After her are Hallgrímur Pétursson, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Martino Martini, Henry More, Michał Boym, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1681, Jahanara Begum ranks 5. Before her are Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Gerard ter Borch, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, and Marie Angélique de Scorailles. After her are Zheng Jing, Justus Sustermans, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jahanara Begum ranks 238 out of 1,861. Before her are Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Shah Alam II (1728), Jahandar Shah (1661), Aamir Khan (1965), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), and Kadambini Ganguly (1861). After her are Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Ratan Tata (1937), Meher Baba (1894), Shantanu (null), Surdas (1478), and Mir Jafar (1691).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jahanara Begum ranks 78. Before her are Amrapali (-450), Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Shah Alam II (1728), and Jahandar Shah (1661). After her are Shantanu (null), Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Motilal Nehru (1861), Jayalalithaa (1948), and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913).

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