Mor Mahal is set around 200 years back in an era of Mughal, Greek, Egyptian and Turkish civilizations. The series was based on the life of Nawab Asif Jehan of the Hakim dynasty.
The director, Sarmad Khoosat, said that Mor Mahal can be called the Hilal erotic of Pakistan.[6] The first Mor Mahal poster was unveiled by Geo Entertainment in February 2016.[7][8] In March 2016, Geo Entertainment released the teaser of the show via Facebook.[9]
The series has 40 to 45 episodes. The first episode aired on Geo Entertainment and PTV Home on 24 April 2016.[10] After 26–27 episodes, the show started airing on Saturday 10:00 p.m. as Mannat took place on the time slot. It aired in the United Kingdom on &TV.[11] In the Arab world, it was broadcast by Zee Aflam[12] under the title قصر الطاووس. In Thailand, it was dubbed in Thai language and aired on Zee Nung with the name ตำนานรัก อาณาจักรฮาคิม in early 2020.[13]