Shahzada Khanam
Shahzada Khanam (21 November 1569 – ?) was a Mughal princess, the second child and eldest daughter of Mughal Emperor Akbar.
Shahzada Khanum Begum | |
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Shahzadi of Mughal Empire | |
Born | 21 November 1569 Akbarabad, Mughal Empire |
Died | Mughal Empire |
Spouse | Muzaffar Hussain Mirza
(m. 1593) |
Dynasty | Timurid dynasty |
Father | Akbar |
Mother | Bibi Salima |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Family[]
Born on 21 November 1569, Shahzada was the eldest daughter of Mughal Emperor Akbar.[1] Her mother was a royal concubine named Bibi Salima (not to be confused with Salima Sultan Begum).[2][3] When Akbar reached Gwalior , he received the news of her birth. He named her Shahzada Khanam and ordered rejoicings.[1] She was placed under the care of her grandmother, Mariam Makani.[2][4]
She was well respected by her older half-brother, Jahangir who remarked – "Among all my sisters , in integrity , truth , and zeal for my welfare , she is without her equal ; but her time is principally devoted to the worship of her creator. "[2][4]
She was deeply grieved on the death of her mother, Bibi Salima on 13 May 1599.[5] Akbar "soothed her somewhat by sympathy and counsels."[6]
Marriage[]
On late September 1593, Shahzada was married to Prince Muzaffar Husain Mirza, son of Prince Ibrahim Husain Mirza, a descendant of Prince Umar Shaikh Mirza, second son of Amir Timur.[7][8] His mother was Gulrukh Begum, daughter of Kamran Mirza, son of the first Mughal Emperor Babur.[7][9] Her brother, Jahangir, had already earlier been married to a sister of Muzaffar Husain, Nur-un-Nissa Begum.[citation needed]
Reference[]
- ^ a b Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. II. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 509.
- ^ a b c Emperor, Jahangir (1829). The Memoirs of Emperor Jahangir. Translated by Price, David. Oriental translation committee. p. 46.
- ^ Emperor, Jahangir (1999). Jahangirinama. Translated by Thackston, W. M. Washington D. C ; New York: Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; Oxford University Press. p. 39.
- ^ a b Sarkar, Kobita (2007). Shah Jahan and His Paradise on Earth:. Agra, India: K.P. Bagchi & Company. p. 43.
- ^ Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. III. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 1130.
- ^ Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. III. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 1131.
- ^ a b Blochmann, Henry (1873). The Ain i Akbari, Volume 1. Asiatic Society of Bengal. pp. 461.
- ^ Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. III. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 990.
- ^ Begum, Gulbadan (1902). The History of Humayun (Humayun-Nama). Royal Asiatic Society. p. 234.
- Mughal princesses
- 1569 births
- 16th-century Indian women
- 17th-century Indian women