Islamic Law, Architecture, and Muslim Cuisine Under the Mughals. Has history identified Shah Jahan as a death-struck lover? Yet pouring in the Mughal archives from Shah Jahan's period, we discover a colorfully complex world of sophisticated Islamic judicial practice, endowments (Awqaf), dazzling Islamic architecture, and a crystallization of the Mughal kitchen. During this cultural and legal efflorescence, we also encounter Shah Jahan's campaigns towards Samarqand and Hyderabad. The father of Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan's civilizational accomplishments are swept under the rug in Islamic history. Join us as we unravel this past.