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List of mothers of the Mughal emperors

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This list includes the biological mothers of Mughal emperors. There were nineteen emperors of the Mughal Empire in thirteen generations.[1] Throughout the 331-year history of the Mughal Empire the emperors were all members of the same house, the house of Timurid.

Name (birth name) Son Ethnicity Place of origin
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum[2] Babur Turkic-Mongol Moghulistan, Chagatai Khanate
Maham Begum[3] Humayun Turkic-Mongol Khorasan, Persia
Hamida Banu Begum (Maryam Makani)[4] Akbar Persian Khorasan, Persia
Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani[5] Jahangir Rajput Amber,
Mughal Empire
Manavati Bai
(Bilqis Makani)[6] 		Shah Jahan Rajput Marwar, Mughal Empire
Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) Aurangzeb Persian Agra, Mughal Empire
Rabia-ud-Daurani (Dilras Banu Begum) Azam Shah Safavid Persian Mughal Empire
Nawab Bai (Rahmat-un-Nissa)[7] Bahadur Shah I Kashmiri Muslim Rajauri, Kashmir[8]
Nizam Bai[9] Jahandar Shah Hyderabadi Muslims Hyderabad, Golconda Sultanate
Sahiba Niswan Begum[10] Farrukhsiyar Kashmiri[10] Kashmir, Mughal Empire
Nur-un-Nissa Begum Rafi ud-Darajat Persian Khurasan, Persia
Qudsia ul-Alqab Hazrat Begum (Fakhr un-nisa)[11] Muhammad Shah Muslim Mughal Empire
Qudsia Begum (Udham Bai) Ahmad Shah Bahadur Shia Islam[12] Mughal Empire
Anup Bai Alamgir II Hindu Mughal Empire
Rushqimi Begum Shah Jahan III Muslim Mughal Empire
Zinat Mahal (Bilal Kunar) Shah Alam II Hindu Mughal Empire
Qudsia Begum (unknown) Akbar Shah II Muslim Mughal Empire
Lal Bai Bahadur Shah II Hindu Mughal Empire

References

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  1. ^ Mughal Genealogical Table
  2. ^ Gulbadan 1902, p. 272.
  3. ^ Gulbadan 1902, p. 256.
  4. ^ Gulbadan 1902, p. 237.
  5. ^ Jahangir 1909, pp. 77–78.
  6. ^ Jahangir 1909, p. 19.
  7. ^ Irvine 1922, pp. 1–2.
  8. ^ Irvine 1922, p. 2.
  9. ^ Irvine 1922, p. 141.
  10. ^ a b Irvine 1922, p. 342.
  11. ^ Irvine 1922, p. 146.
  12. ^ Nath & Nath 2018, pp. 93–94.

Bibliography

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  • Gulbadan, Begum (1902). The History of Humāyūn (Humāyūn-Nāmā). Translated by Beveridge, Annette S. London: Royal Asiatic Society.
  • Irvine, William (1922). Sarkar, Jadunath (ed.). Later Mughals. Vol. I. London: Luzac.
  • Jahangir (1909). Beveridge, Henry (ed.). The Tūzuk-i-Jahangīrī Or Memoirs Of Jahāngīr. Vol. I. Translated by Rogers, Alexander. London: Royal Asiatic Society.
  • Nath, R.; Nath, Ajay (2018). Monuments of Delhi: Architectural & Historical (2nd ed.). The Heritage. ISBN 978-81-85105-33-8.
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