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Mehr-un-Nissa, who received the title Nur Jahan, married the Mughal emperor Jahangir in the year:
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Answer: Option C — 1611
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Mehr-un-Nissa married the Mughal emperor Jahangir in May 1611, and was given the title "Nur Mahal" ("Light of the Palace"), and later "Nur Jahan" ("Light of the World").
About Nur Jahan's early life:
- She was born in 1577 at Qandahar, the daughter of a Persian noble, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who had come to India to seek service at Akbar's court.
- Her father later received the title "Itimad-ud-Daulah" (Pillar of the State) and became Jahangir's chief minister.
- She was first married to Ali Quli Beg (Sher Afghan), a Persian soldier who served as a jagirdar in Bengal.
- After Sher Afghan was killed in 1607 in a clash with the Mughal governor of Bengal, she came to the Mughal court as a lady-in-waiting to one of Akbar's widows.
- Jahangir saw her at a royal market (the Meena Bazaar) and married her in 1611.
Her influence:
- She was intelligent, educated, and skilled in poetry, music and painting.
- She became Jahangir's favourite wife and had great influence over the administration.
- She issued farmans and had coins struck in her name, along with the emperor's.
- She was a skilled hunter; according to one account, she killed four tigers with six shots.
- She designed new patterns for textiles, jewellery and perfumes.
- Her mother is credited with discovering the method of making attar of roses.
The "Nur Jahan Junta":
- Historians have described a group, sometimes called the "Junta", that dominated the court: Nur Jahan, her father Itimad-ud-Daulah, her brother Asaf Khan, and Prince Khurram (Asaf Khan's son-in-law).
- Her niece, Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal), was married to Khurram.
- Later, conflict arose between Nur Jahan and Khurram over the succession.
Her later life:
- After Jahangir's death in 1627, she retired to Lahore, where she died in 1645.
- She is buried near Lahore.
Why not the other options?
- ✗1605 was the year of Jahangir's accession.
- ✗1615 was the year of the treaty with Mewar.
- ✗1627 was the year of Jahangir's death.
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Remember: Nur Jahan (Mehr-un-Nissa) married Jahangir in 1611 (titles Nur Mahal, then Nur Jahan); daughter of Itimad-ud-Daulah; coins in her name; "Junta" with Asaf Khan and Khurram.
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