Mughal emperor Shah Jahan acquired the property from Mirza Raja Jai Singh in exchange for four havelis in Agra, according to historical records and the Archaeological Survey of India. This ...

It was built in 1648 by Shah Jahan as the Mughal capital and still ... The monument whose name means four pillars was built as a monument and mosque in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah to mark ...

Its most well-known leaders – Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan – famously promoted religious harmony and heavily influenced much of Indian culture, building iconic sites such as the Taj ...

Its most well-known leaders – Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan – famously promoted religious harmony and heavily influenced much of Indian culture, building iconic sites such as the Taj Mahal ...

(CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political ...

He imprisoned his father, Shah Jahan, murdered his brothers, and ascended the throne through a web of betrayal. To call him a religious ruler is an affront to the very concept of religion.

That man was Shah-Jahan, fifth in a line of Muslim rulers called Mughals who controlled northern India from 1526 to 1858. So impressed were European visitors with the exotic opulence of the Mughal ...