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  "ar": "أبو الحسن آصف خان",
  "en": "Asaf Khan IV",
  "ur": "ابوالحسن آصف خان"
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  "ar": "أبو الحسن آصف خان (نحو 1569–1641)، نبيل مغولي من أصل فارسي، ابن ميرزا غياث بيك والأخ الأكبر لنور جهان ووالد أرجمند بانو بيكم (ممتاز محل)؛ كان وكيل جهانكير ثم الوزير الأعظم في عهد شاه جهان، وبنى لنفسه ضريحًا في شاهدرا باغ بلاهور.",
  "en": "Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan (c. 1569–1641), a Mughal noble of Persian origin, son of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, elder brother of Nur Jahan and father of Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal); he served as Jahangir's vakil and as grand vizier under Shah Jahan, and built his tomb at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore.",
  "ur": "ابوالحسن آصف خان (تقریباً 1569ء–1641ء)، فارسی نژاد مغل امیر، مرزا غیاث بیگ کے بیٹے، نور جہاں کے بڑے بھائی اور ارجمند بانو بیگم (ممتاز محل) کے والد؛ جہانگیر کے وکیل اور شاہ جہاں کے وزیرِ اعظم رہے، لاہور کے شاہدرہ باغ میں ان کا مقبرہ ہے۔"
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  "latest": 1641.4484212543405
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   "note": "Birth year c. 1569 as in the English and Urdu articles; the Gregorian year 1569 spans 976–977 AH, so no single Hijri year is paired. His birthplace is reported inconsistently (Safavid Iran in the English article; Kandahar in the Arabic and Urdu articles and one Wikidata value), so no birthplace is recorded.",
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   "edtf": "1641-06-12",
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   "note": "Died 12 June 1641; the Hijri year 1051 is a tabular conversion (4 Rabi' al-awwal 1051) and is marked derived. He was buried at Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, in the tomb built for him there.",
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    "value": "Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan"
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    "value": "أبو الحسن آصف خان"
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    "kind": "full",
    "lang": "ur",
    "value": "ابوالحسن آصف خان"
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    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Abu'l-Hasan"
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    "value": "Asaf Khan"
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    "value": "آصف خان"
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    "value": "Asaf Khan IV"
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    "value": "unknown",
    "basis": "unknown",
    "note": "No two independent sources naming his school were found; his Persian origin and Mughal court service do not attest a school, so his school is recorded unknown under this lane's discipline.",
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   "source": "English, Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia articles on Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and Wikidata Q560973, each read at the revision recorded in its source file (revisions fetched live from the MediaWiki API, 31 Oct 2026); Findly, Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India (1993) for the family setting. Identity pinned against the other Asaf Khans by the 1569–1641 dates and the Nur Jahan / Mumtaz Mahal relations; the Ashmolean object item Q50812365 is not this person.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "أبو الحسن آصف خان (نحو 1569 – 12 يونيو 1641) نبيل مغولي من أصل فارسي، صار من أقوى رجال الدولة في عهدي جهانكير وشاه جهان.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} هو ابن ميرزا غياث بيك والأخ الأكبر لنور جهان، ووالد أرجمند بانو بيكم التي عُرفت بعد زواجها من شاه جهان باسم ممتاز محل.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:findly-nur-jahan-1993}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "النشأة والأسرة",
     "markdown": "وُلد آصف خان نحو سنة 1569 لأسرة فارسية، وكان أبوه ميرزا غياث بيك قد تولى مناصب في بلاط الشاه إسماعيل الثاني قبل أن تنتقل الأسرة إلى الهند.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} وتختلف المقالات في مكان ولادته: فالمقالة الإنجليزية تذكر إيران الصفوية، بينما تذكر المقالتان العربية والأردية قندهار.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-ar}{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-ur} تزوج ديوانجي بيكم، ابنة خواجه غياث الدين القزويني، وكانت ابنته أرجمند بانو بيكم قد تزوجت الأمير خورّم، شاه جهان لاحقًا، سنة 1612.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "في بلاط جهانكير",
     "markdown": "دخل آصف خان الخدمة المغولية وترقّى في المناصب، فحصل سنة 1607 على رتبة عسكرية في بلاط جهانكير.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} وبعد زواج أخته نور جهان من جهانكير سنة 1611 ازداد نفوذه، وعُيّن وكيلًا مطلقًا للإمبراطور.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:findly-nur-jahan-1993} وفي سنة 1615 مُنح الراية والطبل وارتفعت رتبته، وفي سنة 1619 أوكل إليه جهانكير رعاية الأمير الملكي.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} وكان يقيم في لاهور مآدب فاخرة لجهانكير في مقر إقامته هناك.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الوزير الأعظم ووفاته",
     "markdown": "عند وفاة جهانكير سنة 1627 دبّر آصف خان تنصيب دوار بخش إمبراطورًا صوريًا ليضمن وصول شاه جهان إلى العرش في النهاية.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} فكافأه شاه جهان بتعيينه وزيرًا أعظم، وبقي في منصبه حتى وفاته.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} عُرف عنه اهتمامه بالعمارة، فبنى لنفسه مقرًا بحديقة في لاهور.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} توفي في 12 يونيو 1641 ودُفن في ضريحه في شاهدرا باغ بلاهور، قرب ضريح جهانكير عبر نهر رافي.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan (c. 1569 – 12 June 1641) was a Mughal noble of Persian origin who became one of the most powerful men of the empire under Jahangir and Shah Jahan.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} He was the son of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, the elder brother of Nur Jahan, and the father of Arjumand Banu Begum, known after her marriage to Shah Jahan as Mumtaz Mahal.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:findly-nur-jahan-1993}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Family and early life",
     "markdown": "Asaf Khan was born around 1569 into a Persian family; his father Mirza Ghiyas Beg had held office at the court of Shah Ismail II before the family moved to India.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} The articles disagree on his birthplace: the English article gives Safavid Iran, while the Arabic and Urdu articles give Kandahar.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-ar}{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-ur} He married Diwanji Begum, a daughter of Khwaja Ghias-ud-din of Qazvin, and his daughter Arjumand Banu Begum married Prince Khurram, the future Shah Jahan, in 1612.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "At Jahangir's court",
     "markdown": "Asaf Khan entered Mughal service and rose through the ranks, receiving a military rank at Jahangir's court in 1607.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} After his sister Nur Jahan married Jahangir in 1611 his influence grew, and he was appointed the emperor's vakil-i mutlaq, his plenipotentiary deputy.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:findly-nur-jahan-1993} In 1615 he was granted arms and a standard with a higher rank, and in 1619 Jahangir gave him charge of the royal prince.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} At Lahore he entertained Jahangir with lavish feasts at his residence there.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Grand vizier and death",
     "markdown": "When Jahangir died in 1627, Asaf Khan orchestrated the enthronement of the puppet emperor Dawar Bakhsh in order to secure Shah Jahan's eventual accession.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} Shah Jahan rewarded him with appointment as grand vizier, and he remained in office until his death.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} He was known for his interest in architecture and built himself a garden residence in Lahore.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} He died on 12 June 1641 and was buried in his tomb at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, across the Ravi from Jahangir's tomb.{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابوالحسن آصف خان (تقریباً 1569ء – 12 جون 1641ء) فارسی نژاد مغل امیر تھے جو جہانگیر اور شاہ جہاں کے ادوار میں سلطنت کے طاقتور ترین افراد میں شامل ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} وہ مرزا غیاث بیگ کے بیٹے، نور جہاں کے بڑے بھائی اور ارجمند بانو بیگم (ممتاز محل) کے والد تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}{cite:findly-nur-jahan-1993}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سوانح",
     "markdown": "آصف خان کے والد مرزا غیاث بیگ شاہ اسماعیل ثانی کے دربار میں منصب پر رہے، پھر یہ خاندان ہندوستان منتقل ہو گیا۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} نور جہاں کی جہانگیر سے شادی (1611ء) کے بعد ان کا اثر بڑھا اور وہ بادشاہ کے وکیلِ مطلق بنے۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} جہانگیر کی وفات (1627ء) پر انہوں نے شاہ جہاں کی تخت نشینی کی راہ ہموار کی، اور شاہ جہاں نے انہیں وزیرِ اعظم مقرر کیا؛ وہ وفات تک اس عہدے پر رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en} ان کا انتقال 12 جون 1641ء کو ہوا اور وہ لاہور کے شاہدرہ باغ میں اپنے مقبرے میں دفن ہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-asaf-khan-iv-en}"
    }
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