Nur Jahan

Nur Jahan
Empress consort of the Mughal Empire
Idealised portrait of the Mughal Empress Nur Jahan c. 1627
Padshah Begum
Tenure	June 1620 – 28 October 1627
Predecessor	Saliha Banu Begum
Successor	Mumtaz Mahal
Born	Mehr-un-Nissa c. 1577 Kandahar, Safavid Empire (present-day Afghanistan)
Died	17 December 1645(1645-12-17) (aged 68) Lahore, Mughal Empire (present-day Pakistan)
Burial	Tomb of Nur Jahan, Lahore
Spouse	Sher Afgan Khan ​ ​ (m. 1594; d. 1607)​ Jahangir ​ ​ (m. 1611; d. 1627)​
Issue	Ladli Begum
House	Muhammad Sharif (by birth) Timurid (by marriage)
Father	Mirza Ghiyas Beg
Mother	Asmat Begum
Religion	Shia Islam

Nur Jahan (lit. ' Light of the world '; c. 1577 – 18 December 1645),^[1] 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. Her pre-eminence was in part made possible by her husband Jahangir's addiction to hunting, alcohol and opium and his frequent ill-health.