Kandahar ( Kandahar), Nur Jahan's place of birth, is now southern Afghanistan Mumtaz, however, took no interest in affairs of state and Nur Jahan is therefore unique in the annals of the Mughal Empire for the unlimited and sheer political influence she wielded. The only other empress to command such devotion from her husband was Nur Jahan's niece, Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum. She was granted the privilege to issue farmāns (sovereign mandates). Jahangir's addiction to alcohol and drugs made it easier for Nur Jahan to exert her influence over him and exercise power. Nur Jahan was granted certain honours and privileges which were never enjoyed by any Mughal empress before or after like having coinage struck in her name. More decisive and proactive than her husband, she is considered by historians to have been the real power behind the throne for more than a decade. Nur Jahan was the most powerful empress in the Mughal Empire. Nur Jahan was born Mehr-un-Nissa, as the daughter of a Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who served under Jahangir's father, Emperor Akbar. 1577 – 18 December 1645 ) was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir from 1620 until his death in 1627.
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