Noorjehan

Nur Jahan نور جهاں
Padshah Begum
Idealized portrait of the Mughal empress Nur Jahan
Empress consort of the Mughal Empire
Tenure	25 May 1611 – 28 October 1627
Predecessor	Saliha Banu Begum
Successor	Mumtaz Mahal
Born	Mehr-un-Nissa 31 May 1577 Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died	17 December 1645 (aged 68) Lahore, Pakistan
Burial	Tomb of Nur Jahan, Lahore
Spouse	Sher Afghan Khan (m.1594–1607) Jahangir (m.1611–1627)
Issue	Ladli Begum
House	Timurid (by marriage)
Father	Mirza Ghias Beg
Mother	Asmat Begum
Religion	Shia Islam

Nur Jahan (Persian: نور جهان‎‎; Urdu: نور جهاں‎; Pashto: نور جہاں‎; born Mehr-un-Nissa) (31 May 1577 – 17 December 1645) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 25 May 1611 to 28 October 1627 and was the most beloved wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. She acted as his chief consort and Padshah Begum, officially from 1620–1627, after the title's previous holder, Saliha Banu Begum (the Padshah Begum for most of Jahangir's reign), had died in 1620.

Born as Mehr-un-Nissa, the daughter of a Grand Vizier (Minister) who served under Akbar, Nur Jahan, meaning 'Light of the World', was married at age 17 to a Persian soldier Sher Afgan, governor of Bihar, an important Mughal province. She was a married woman when Prince Salim (the future Emperor Jahangir), Akbar's eldest son, fell in love with her. Two years after Akbar died and Salim became Emperor, Sher Afgan met his death. However, three more years were to pass before a grieving Nur Jahan consented to marry the Emperor Jahangir. Although Jahangir was deeply in love with Nur Jahan, their actual story bears no resemblance to the entirely fictional legend of Anarkali, a low-born dancing girl who, according to popular folklore and film-lore, had a tragic and doomed love affair with Jahangir. In fact, the relationship between Jahangir and Nur Jahan was even more scandalous in its time than the legend of Anarkali, for Nur Jahan was a married woman when the Emperor fell in love with her.