What is Nur Jahan?
[[Image:Nurjahan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nur Jahan]] '''Begum Nur Jahan''' (also '''Noor Jahan''', '''Nur Jehan''', '''Nor Jahan''', etc.) (1577–1645), also known as '''Mehr-un-Nisaa Khanam''', was a [[Mughal]] Empress and the 20th wife of the Emperor [[Jahangir]]. She was also an aunt of the later Empress [[Mumtaz Mahal]]. She is buried in [[Shah Dara]], near [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]. With Nur Jahan's help, her father and brother became the chief advisers to the emperor, and soon the three of them were in practice running the empire. Eventually, Nur Jahan signed the laws, her name appeared on the coins, and she was in effect the empress. She did great charitable works, but her extravagances at court greatly strained the royal treasury. {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1577 births]] [[Category:1645 deaths]] [[Category:Emperors and empresses]] [[Category:Mughal Empire]] [[Category:17th century in India]]