Nur Jahan
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1577 – 1645 · 68 years · Lahore · Asia
Favourite wife of Emperor Jahangir who effectively ran the empire, with coins struck in her name; a patron of architecture and gardens.
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- 1609 Jesuit reductions among the Guaraní — aged 32, Americas
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