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Mumtaz Mahal

1593 - 1631

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Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Banu Begum; Persian pronunciation: [mʊmˈt̪aːz mɛˈɦɛl]; lit. 'The Exalted One of the Palace'; 29 October 1593 – 17 June 1631) was the empress consort of Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband to act as her tomb.Mumtaz Mahal was born Arjumand Banu Begum in Agra to a family of Persian nobility. She was the daughter of Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan, a wealthy Persian noble who held high office in the Mughal Empire, and the niece of Empress Nur Jahan, the chief wife of Emperor Jahangir and the power behind the emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mumtaz Mahal has received more than 5,192,635 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Mumtaz Mahal is the 153rd most popular companion (down from 136th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from India (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Companion.

Mumtaz Mahal is most famous for being the wife of Emperor Shah Jahan, and for being the mother of his 14 children.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Mumtaz Mahal ranks 153 out of 673Before her are Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Amalasuntha, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hümaşah Sultan, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, and Joanna of Bourbon. After her are Anne of Foix-Candale, Margaret of Provence, Helena Dragaš, Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Helen of Greece and Denmark, and Matilda of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Mumtaz Mahal ranks 4Before her are Artemisia Gentileschi, Georges de La Tour, and Jacob Jordaens. After her are Toyotomi Hideyori, Matthäus Merian, George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, and George Herbert. Among people deceased in 1631, Mumtaz Mahal ranks 2Before her is John Donne. After her are John Smith, Constance of Austria, Willem Janszoon, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Michael Maestlin, Federico Borromeo, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Katō Yoshiaki.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mumtaz Mahal ranks 77 out of 1,493Before her are Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ravi Shankar (1920), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900). After her are Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Ajatashatru (-500), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), and Sher Shah Suri (1486).

Among COMPANIONS In India

Among companions born in India, Mumtaz Mahal ranks 1After her are Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Mastani (1699), Brian Horrocks (1895), and Jagat Gosain (1573).