The alleged circumstances could not be
known to any person besides the father and mother, neither of whom
would be likely to make them public. Blochmann (transl. _Ain_, i.
508) gives a full account of Itimad-ud-daula and his family. The
historians state that Nur Jahan was born at Kandahar, on the way to
India. Her father was the son of a high Persian official, but for
some reason or other was obliged to quit Persia with his family. He
was a native of Teheran, not of 'Western Tartary'. The personal name
of Nur Jahan was Mihr-un-nisa.
5. This story is erroneous, and inconsistent with the correct
statement in the heading of the chapter that Nur Jahan, daughter of
Ghias-ud-din, was aunt of the Lady of the Taj. The author makes out
Ghias-ud-din (whom he corruptly calls Aeeas) to be a distant relation
of Asaf Khan. In reality, Asaf Khan (whose original name was Mirza
Abul Hasan) was the second son of Ghias-ud-din, and was elder brother
of Nur Jahan, The genealogy, so far as relevant, is best shown in a
tabular form, thus:--
Mirza Ghias-ud-din Beg
(alias Itimad-ud-daula).
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