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Nur Jahan

1577 - 1645

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Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; c. 1577 – 18 December 1645), born Mehr-un-Nissa was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. More decisive and proactive than her husband, Nur Jahan is considered by certain historians to have been the real power behind the throne for more than a decade. Wielding a level of power and influence unprecedented for a Mughal empress, she was granted honours and privileges never enjoyed by any of her predecessors or successors like issuing having coinage struck in her name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nur Jahan has received more than 3,318,041 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Nur Jahan is the 229th most popular companion (up from 289th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Companion.

Nur Jahan was a powerful Mughal empress who was married to Emperor Jahangir. She was one of the most powerful women in the world at the time, and is most famous for her contribution to the building of the Taj Mahal.

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  • 3.85

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Among companions, Nur Jahan ranks 229 out of 673. Before her are Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, Rosalynn Carter, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Nazli Sabri, Eleanor of Castile, and Sigrid the Haughty. After her are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Vibia Sabina, Adelaide of Austria, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and Elizabeth of Pomerania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Nur Jahan ranks 4. Before her are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, and Beatrice Cenci. After her are François Leclerc du Tremblay, Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Scipione Borghese, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1645, Nur Jahan ranks 7. Before her are Miyamoto Musashi, Hugo Grotius, Michael of Russia, Francisco de Quevedo, Li Zicheng, and William Laud. After her are Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Anthony van Diemen, Feng Menglong, Eudoxia Streshneva, and Mary Ward.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Nur Jahan ranks 30 out of 145. Before her are Alp-Tegin (963), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), and Ashraf Ghani (1949). After her are Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Menander I (-190), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Heracles of Macedon (-327).

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Among COMPANIONS In Afghanistan

Among companions born in Afghanistan, Nur Jahan ranks 1. 

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