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, from the royal houses or families of Persian nobles. 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.

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Mughal empresses

NameParent(s)Birth nameOriginPlace of OriginMarriage Spouse
Begum -i-Khas Jaan -i-Kalan Aisha Sultan Begum [1] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Qutak Begumunknown Timurid Samarqand 1499 Babur
Begum -i-Khas Zainab Sultan Begum [2] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Khanzada Begumunknown Timurid Samarqand 1504
Begum -i-Khas Padshah Maham Begum [3] unknownunknown Persian 1506
Begum -i-Khas Masuma Sultan Begum [4] Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Habiba Sultan Begumunknown Timurid Samarqand 1507
Begum-i-Khas Bibi Mubarika [5] Malik Shah Mansur Yusufzai unknown Pashtun unknown1519
Begum -i-Khas Jaan -i-Kalan Padshah Haji Bega Begum [6] Yadgar Begunknown Persian Khorasan 1527 Humayun
Begum -i-Khas Padshah Mariam Makani Mallika-i-Azam Hazrat Hamida Banu Begum [7] Shaikh Ali Akbar Jami and Mah Afroz Begumunknown Persian unknown1541
Begum-i-Khas Mah Chuchak Hujur Begum [8] unknownunknown Mongol unknown1546
Begum-i-Khas Jaan -i-Kalan Padshah Ruqaiya Sultan Begum [9] Hindal Mirza and Sultanam Begum Timurid unknown1556 Akbar
Begum-i-Khas Khadija-uz-Zamani Salima Sultan Begum [10] Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Naqshbandi unknown1561
Shahi Begum -i-Khas Wali Nimat Hazrat Mariam-uz-Zamani Mallika-i-Hindustan Sultana Heera Kunwari Jodhaabai Bahu Begum Mallika-i-Muazzama Begum Sahiba [11] [12] [13] [14] Raja Bharmal of Amber and Rani ChampavatiUnknown Kachhwaha Amber 1562
Begum-i-Khas Jaan -i-Kalan Manbhavati Bai Shah Begum Sahiba [15] Raja Bhagwant Das of Amber Man Bai Kachhwaha Amber 1585 Jahangir
Jagat Gosain [16] Raja Udai Singh of Marwar and Rani Kachavat Manrang DeviManavati Bai Rathore Jodhpur or Phalodi 1586
Sahib Jamal [17] Khwaja Hasanunknown Turkish Herat 1586
Malika Jahan [18] Rawal Bhim Singh of Jaisalmer unknown Bhati Jaisalmer 1587
Nur-un-Nissa Begum [19] Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Timurid Khorasan 1593
Khas Mahal Zain Khan Koka unknown Iranian unknown1596
Saliha Banu Begum [20] Qaim Khanunknownunknownunknown1608
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 unknown1621 Shahryar Mirza
Kandahari Begum [23] Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safaviunknown Safavid Persian Kandahar 1610 Shah Jahan
Mumtaz Mahal [24] Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and Diwanji BegumArjumand Banu Begum Persian Agra 1612
Akbarabadi Mahal [25] Mirza IrajIzz-un-Nissa Turkoman Agra 1617
Dilras Banu Begum [26] Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi and Nauras Banu Begumunknown Safavid Persian unknown1637 Aurangzeb
Nawab Bai [27] Raja Tajuddin Khan of Rajauri (disputed)Rahmat-un-Nissa Jarral unknown1638
Aurangabadi Mahal [28] unknownunknown Georgian or Circassian unknownunknown
Rahmat Banu Begum [29] Swargadeo Sutamla of Ahom kingdom and Pakhori GabharuRamani 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 Khanumunknown Adilshahi Bijapur 1672
Nur-un-Nissa Begum [32] Mirza Sanjar Khan and Zinat-i-Alam Begumunknown Persian Khorasan 1659 Bahadur Shah I
Imtiaz Mahal [33] Khasusiyat KhanLal Kunwarunknownunknownunknown Jahandar Shah
Indira Kanwar [34] Ajit Singh of Marwar Indira Kanwar Rathore Jodhpur 1715 Farrukhsiyar
Badshah Begum [35] Farrukhsiyar and Gauhar-un-Nissa Begumunknown Timurid Agra 1721 Muhammad Shah
Sahiba Mahal [36] Sayid Salabat Khan and Safa Begumunknown Turkish unknown1722
Qudsia Begum [37] unknownUdham Baiunknownunknownunknown
Zeenat Mahal [38] unknownunknownunknownunknown1840 Bahadur Shah Zafar

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