List of Mughal empresses

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This is a list of Mughal empresses. Most of these empresses were either from branches of the Timurid dynasty or from the royal houses of the Rajputs. Alongside Mughal emperors, these empresses played a role in the building up and rule of the Mughal Empire in South Asia, from the early 16th century to the early 18th century. The Mughal Empire mainly corresponds in the present day to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Nepal.

Mughal empresses[edit]

Name Parent(s) Birth name Origin Place of Origin Marriage Spouse
Aisha Sultan Begum[1] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Qutak Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1499 Babur
Zainab Sultan Begum[2] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Khanzada Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1504
Maham Begum[3] unknown unknown Persian 1506
Masuma Sultan Begum[4] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Habiba Sultan Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1507
Bibi Mubarika[5] Malik Shah Mansur Yusufzai unknown Pashtun unknown 1519
Bega Begum[6] Yadgar Beg unknown Persian Khorasan 1527 Humayun
Hamida Banu Begum[7] Shaikh Ali Akbar Jami and Mah Afroz Begum unknown Persian unknown 1541
Mah Chuchak Begum[8] unknown unknown Mongol unknown 1546
Ruqaiya Sultan Begum[9] Hindal Mirza and Sultanam Begum Timurid unknown 1556 Akbar
Salima Sultan Begum[10] Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Naqshbandi unknown 1561
Mariam-uz-Zamani[11][12][13][14] Raja Bharmal of Amber and Rani Champavati Unknown Kachhwaha Rajput Amber 1562
Shah Begum[15] Raja Bhagwant Das of Amber Man Bai Kachhwaha Rajput Amber 1585 Jahangir
Jagat Gosain[16] Raja Udai Singh of Marwar and Rani Kachavat Manrang Devi Manavati Bai Rathore Rajput Jodhpur or Phalodi 1586
Sahib Jamal[17] Khwaja Hasan unknown Turkish Herat 1586
Malika Jahan[18] Rawal Bhim Singh of Jaisalmer unknown Bhati Rajput Jaisalmer 1587
Nur-un-Nissa Begum[19] Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Timurid Khorasan 1593
Khas Mahal Zain Khan Koka unknown Turkish unknown 1596
Saliha Banu Begum[20] Qaim Khan unknown unknown unknown 1608
Nur Jahan[21] Mirza Ghiyas Beg and Asmat Begum Mehr-un-nissa Persian Kandahar 1611
Mihr-un-nissa Begum[22] Sher Afgan Khan and Nur Jahan unknown Turkoman unknown 1621 Shahryar Mirza
Kandahari Begum[23] Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi unknown Safavid Persian Kandahar 1610 Shah Jahan
Mumtaz Mahal[24] Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and Diwanji Begum Arjumand Banu Begum Persian Agra 1612
Akbarabadi Mahal[25] Mirza Iraj Izz-un-Nissa Turkoman Agra 1617
Dilras Banu Begum[26] Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi and Nauras Banu Begum unknown Safavid Persian unknown 1637 Aurangzeb
Nawab Bai[27] Raja Tajuddin Khan of Rajauri (disputed) Rahmat-un-Nissa Jarral Rajput unknown 1638
Aurangabadi Mahal[28] unknown unknown Georgian or Circassian unknown unknown
Rahmat Banu Begum[29] Swargadeo Sutamla of Ahom kingdom and Pakhori Gabharu Ramani Gabharu Ahom Ahom kingdom 1668 Muhammad Azam Shah
Jahanzeb Banu Begum[30] Dara Shikoh and Nadira Banu Begum unknown Timurid Agra 1669
Shahar Banu Begum[31] Ali Adil Shah II and Khurshida Khanum unknown Adilshahi Bijapur 1672
Nur-un-Nissa Begum[32] Mirza Sanjar Khan and Zinat-i-Alam Begum unknown Persian Khorasan 1659 Bahadur Shah I
Imtiaz Mahal[33] Khasusiyat Khan Lal Kunwar unknown unknown unknown Jahandar Shah
Indira Kanwar[34] Ajit Singh of Marwar Indira Kanwar Rathore Rajput Jodhpur 1715 Farrukhsiyar
Badshah Begum[35] Farrukhsiyar and Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum unknown Timurid Agra 1721 Muhammad Shah
Sahiba Mahal[36] Sayid Salabat Khan and Safa Begum unknown Turkish unknown 1722
Qudsia Begum[37] unknown Udham Bai unknown unknown unknown
Zeenat Mahal[38] unknown unknown unknown unknown 1840 Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Sources[edit]

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