Crossword-Solution: JAHAN
We have 5 clues for the answer “JAHAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Builder of the Taj Mahal. | 1 answer |
| Shah ___ (Taj Mahal builder) | 1 answer |
| Shah who built Taj Mahal. | 1 answer |
| Shah who built the Taj Mahal | 1 answer |
| Taj Mahal builder Shah __ | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise;
as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
Hint 2 anagram
IDSEL
Hint 3 another clue
Move
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Sentences with JAHAN (5)
Gold has a hundred splendours added to it by receiving the name of Nour-Jahan the Queen.” Has any woman ever had a more royal homage than this most royal lady--known first as Mihr-u-nissa--Sun of Women, and later, Nour-Mahal, Light of the Palace, and latest, Nour-Jahan-Begam, Queen, Light of the World? Here in these gardens she had lived--had seen the snow mountains change from the silver of dawn to the illimitable rose of sunset.
The inscription referring to them runs also in the Persian character on a slab of copper: “Hyan, by order of Shah Jahan, King, thanks be to God, built this fountain and canal.
Humayun's son, Akbar (1556-1605), preferred Agra to Delhi; nor was Jahangir (1605-1627), who succeeded Akbar, a great builder hereabout; but with Shah Jahan (1627-1658), Jahangir's son, came the present Delhi's golden age.
After Shah Jahan came his crafty son, Aurungzebe, who succeeded in keeping his empire together until 1707, and with him the grandeur of the Grand Moguls waned and after him ceased to be, although not until the Mutiny was their rule extinguished.
That was right enough, no doubt, but when our poet went on to say, As long as a trace remains of existence and space Shah Jahan shall continue to sit on this throne, we feel that he was unwise.
Quotes with JAHAN (3)
The world believes it was built by love but reading Shah Jahan’s own words on the Taj, one could say it was grief that built the Taj Mahal and it was sorrow that saw it through sixteen years till completion.
From the pleasure podium of Ali Qapu, beyond the enhanced enclosure, the city spread itself towards the horizon. Ugly buildings are prohibited in Esfahan. They go to Tehran or stay in Mashhad. Planters vie with planners to outnumber buildings with trees. Attracting nightingales, blackbirds and orioles is considered as important as attracting people. Maples line the canals, reaching towards each other with branches linked. Beneath them, people meander, stroll and promenade. Th…
Working is prayer for the likes of us,” his master often said. “It’s the way we commune with God.”“Then how does He respond to us?” Jahan had once asked, way back when he was younger.“By giving us more work, of course.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, NYT, Universal.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1960–2012).