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Shah-Jehan

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Of the World"), fifth of the Mogul emperors of Delhi; succeeded his father in 1627; a man of great administrative ability and a skilled warrior; conquered the Deccan and the kingdom of Golconda, and generally raised the Mogul Empire to its zenith; his court was truly Eastern in its sumptuous magnificence; the "Peacock Throne" alone cost £7,000,000; died in prison, a victim to the perfidy of his usurping son Aurungzebe; d . 1666.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shah-Jehan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/shah-jehan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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