Shah Jahan Archives - History of Royal Women

A love to remember – Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan

Sunday, 14 February 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Mumtaz Mahal was born as Arjumand Banu into Persian nobility. She was just 19 years old when she was married to Prince Khurram on 10 May 1613. He would go on to become Emperor Shah Jahan. They were actually betrothed five years before but had to wait for a date selected by court astrologers as [read more]

Royal Love Stories by Gill Paul Book Review

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 21:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I recently received this book, Royal Love Stories, by Gill Paul from Ivy Press. It has the amazing Princess Grace of Monaco on the cover, so I was quite excited. The book talks about 14 love stories, some recent and some not so recent. From history it mentions Peter I of Portugal & Inez de [read more]