Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan (or Jehan) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1627 until 1658. He commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal in Agra, for his wife (called Mumtaj Mahal, meaning 'the first lady of the palace'). But for the last five years of his life he was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in a room Agra Fort, without a direct view of the building. This was punishment for his endorsing Dara Shikoh, Aurangzeb's older brother in the fight for succession, but it was a better fate than he might have expected; most Mogul Emperors killed their fathers upon succession.

Preceded by: Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

Mughal Emperors

Succeeded by: Aurangzeb (1658 - 1707)