Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan (Persian: عبدل حسان اصف خان) was the father of Arjumand Banu Begum, also know as Mumtaz Mahal, who was the chief wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. He was also the elder brother of Mehrunissa, or Nur Jehan, the chief empress of Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir. The Akbarnama, which literally means History of Akbar, is a biographical account of Akbar, and include vivid and detailed descriptions of his life and time. ... Persian (Ùارسی = Fârsi . ... Arjumand Banu Begum was born April 1593 in Agra. ... Ghiyasuddin Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan. ... Nuruddin Jahangir (August 31, 1569 - October 28, 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until 1627. ...
The mausoleum of Asif Khan is in the outer enclosure of the mausoleum of Jahangir.Asif Khan whose original name was AbdulHasan was the brother of the empress Nur Jahan, and the father of Mumtaz Mahal, the lady of the Taj.
The tomb of Abul HasanAsafKhan is between the Shalimar Bagh and the Amritsar railway line to the north-west of the tomb of Ali Mardan Khan.
This Abul Hasan was a noble of Shah Jahan’s court and is not to be confounded with Abul HasanAsafKhan the brother of Nur Jahan.
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