Question

What was the original name of Shajahan?
A- Khurram
B- Khusru
C- Salim
D- Bahadur Shah

Answer 1

Hint:
In Persian, his name means "joyful" and his grandfather, "Akbar the Great" gave him this name. He was the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling from 1628 to 1658. The Mughal Empire achieved the height of its cultural glory during his rule.

Complete answer:
Shah Jahan was born as Prince Shihab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram, and his grandfather, Akbar, gave him that name.

Shah Jahan was perceived to be the most capable of the four sons of Emperor Jahangir. The death of Jahangir in late 1627 spurred a war of succession from which, after much drama, Shah Jahan emerged triumphant. In January 1628, in Agra, under the regnal title "Shah Jahan" he placed to death all his rivals for the throne and proclaimed himself emperor (which was originally given to him as a princely title).

In 1622, with Mahabat Khan's support, Prince Khurram raised an army and marched against his father and Nur Jahan. In March 1623, he was defeated in Bilochpura. He later took shelter with Maharaja Karan Singh II at Udaipur Mewar.

His regnal name is split into several parts. Shihab ud-Din means "Star of the Faith" and Sahib al-Quiran ud-Thani means "Second Lord of the Happy Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus" Shah Jahan means "King of the World" referring to his pride in the origins and aspirations of his Timurids.

Therefore the correct answer is A

Note
The primary responsibility for the education of Khurram was assumed by Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Akbar's first wife and chief consort, and he grew up under her protection. The two shared a close friendship. In his memoirs, Jahangir noted that Ruqaiya loved his son, Khurram, "a thousand times more than if he had been her own [son]."