Mayurasan of shah jahan biography

Imperial Throne of India ()

For the Iranian imperial throne from the early 19th century, see Sun Throne.

The Peacock Throne (Hindustani: Mayūrāsana, Sanskrit: मयूरासन, Urdu: تخت طاؤس, Persian: تخت طاووس, Takht-i Tāvūs) was the imperial throne of Hindustan.

The throne is named after the dancing peacocks at its rear and was the seat of the Mughal emperors of India from to It was commissioned in the early 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan and was located in the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audiences, or Ministers' Room) in the Red Fort of Delhi.^[1] The original throne was taken as a war trophy by Nader Shah, Shah of Iran in after his invasion of India.

Its replacement disappeared during or soon after the Indian Rebellion of

History

Shah Jahan ruled in what is now considered the Golden Age of the vast Mughal Empire, which covered almost all of the Indian subcontinent. He ruled from the newly constructed capital of Shahjahanabad. The emperor