Permanent historical factsheet

Court Moves to Shahjahanabad

India · House / Mughal Empire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1648Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1648

Shah Jahan1648

Delhi · House / Mughal Empire

Shah Jahan transfers the Mughal court to the newly built capital of Shahjahanabad and its Red Fort.

Names involved

Shah Jahan

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.