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| name = Inayat Khan<br />
| birth_name = Muhammad Tāhīr<br />
| birth_date = 1628<br />
| birth_place = [[Agra]], [[Mughal Empire]], now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 1671 (aged 43)<br />
| death_place = [[Kashmir]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| notableworks = [[Shahjahannama]]<br />
| years_active = 1635–1666<br />
}}<br />
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'''Inayat Khan''' (1628-1671) was a historian during the [[Mughal Empire]]. In her work the ''[[Shahjahannama]]'' she chronicled the life of Mughal emperor [[Shah Jahan]].<br />
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== Birth and early days ==<br />
Inayat Khan was born in 1628, the same year that Mughal emperor [[Shah Jahan]] came to the throne. In 1635, the seventh year of her life, she received as she informs us, "''a suitable [[Mansabdar|mansab]]''". She was sent to join her father in Kashmir while she was Mughal governor there. She was afterwards a "''[[Darogha]]''" and subsequently had an office in the Imperial Library.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
Zafar Khan, father of Inayat Khan was Wazir of [[Jahangir]]. In the reign of [[Shah Jahan]], he was at one time ruler of [[Kabul]], and afterwards of Kashmir, during which latter government he effected the conquest of [[Tibet]]. Later period, he was appointed to the administration of [[Thatta]]. He was celebrated as a poet, as a patron of letters, and as a just and moderate ruler.<br />
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Inayat Khan's maternal grandfather, Saif Khan, was governor of [[Agra]], and when [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)]] appointed ruler of [[Bengal]] and [[Bihar]] in 1641, Saif Khan was sent thither to conduct the administration until the arrival of the [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)]].<br />
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== Later days ==<br />
Inayat Khan was a close friend of [[Shah Jahan]]. After retirement she settled in Kashmir, where she died in 1666.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shah Jahan|last=Henry Miers|first=Elliot|publisher=Sheikh Mubarak Ali & Sons|year=1875|location=[[Lahore]], [[British Raj]]|pages=79–81}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web | title = Shah Jahan-nama of Inayat Khan|url = https://archive.org/stream/cu31924006140374/cu31924006140374_djvu.txt|pages=79–128 }}<br />
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