Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan (b.January 5, 1592 – d.January 22, 1666) was the fifth ruler of the Mughal Empire in India from 1628 until 1658. In common with other Mughal rulers his contemporary chroniclers refered to him under a number of different pseudonyms including; Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Abu'l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah many of which he took to honour his ancestor Timur from whom the Mughals were decended. In 1616 he was given the title Shah Khurrum by his grandfather Akbar. Shah Jahan means Lord of the World and was a title bestowed upon him by his father Jahangir after Jahan's most notable military victories in his father's service in 1617.