Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is renowned for building the Taj Mahal, but few know that he also spent a week in Dhaka -- long before he ascended the throne. At the time, Shah Jahan was still a prince ...

The demise of Jahangir saw the British rule in favour of young Shahjahan's accession to the Bhopal masnad (throne ... of her two daughters—Sultan Jahan and Sulaiman Jahan.

Her name is Maria Gabriella Giuseppa Aldegonda Adelaide Margherita Ludovica Felicita Gennara di Savoia. The founder of her house was Humbert the White-handed, who ruled Savoy in the 11th century.

A large Mughal-era carpet faces a video of the Taj Mahal and marble maquettes for Mumtaz Mahal’s cenotaph. Peter Kelleher, © Victoria and Albert Museum When the ...

Sarkar Amman, later known as Sultan Jahan, was born in Bhopal on July 9, 1858 to Nawab Begum Sultan Shah Jahan and her husband ... mother’s succession to the throne in 1868.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London When Shah Jahan became emperor, he commissioned a jeweled throne that took seven years to complete and was done under the supervision of Sa’ida. It was set ...

Shah Jahan took the throne in 1628, after a brutal campaign — despite the calm and elegance of royal imagery here, successions were a bloody business, chiefly brought about by murdering one’s ...

Never had it witnessed such a visitation as last week, when the grandeur of Charles de Gaulle met the pomp of the Peacock Throne ... since the Shah first met his young Queen-to-be while she ...

Aurangzeb (r), with his ruthless ambition, claimed the 'Peacock Throne' instead. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1659, Aurangzeb, one of four sons of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, decisively ...

He took back with him Shah Jahan’s beloved Peacock Throne and other riches from the Red Fort. Nearly two decades later, in 1760, the cash-starved Marathas, who had become de-facto rulers of ...

The Peacock Throne of the Mughal Empire, commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan, surpassed the Taj Mahal in cost and magnificence. Crafted over seven years with unparalleled craftsmanship, it dazzled ...

Indeed, the names of five of its owners—Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Farrukhsiyar ... The Timur Ruby was set into the Peacock throne along with the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Since 1612, has been subject ...