Shah+Jahan

Script__//** __**Sources** Book:__ Gupta, B (1973). //The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of world Biography//. McGraw-Hill, Inc. __Websites:__ [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah Jahan] http://www.islamicart.com/library/empires/india/shahjahan.html http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Mughals/Shahjahan.html
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 * Born Jan. 5, 1592
 * Third Son of Emperor Jahangir
 * Distinguished himself in many military campaigns
 * became emperor in 1628
 * had 3 wives
 * ordered hindu temples recently constructed or under constructed to be torn down along with Catholic churchs
 * had the Taj Mahal built for his wife
 * had Shahjahanabad built as new capital
 * killed all of his brothers and male family members to ensure his succesion to the crown
 * he was captured by his son and was imprisioned for 8 years
 * when he died, he was lain in Taj Mahal next to his wife
 * In Shahjahanabad, had a throne made out of jewels and precious metals
 * Had 12 emerald pillars holding up an emerald canopy
 * Each pillar had 2 peqacocks encrusted with gems on them
 * Under him jewerly reached its high of perfection
 * Even with all this money spent he still had more money in the treasurey than when he started.