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 and some from the Rajput royal families. 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 and Nepal.
Mughal Consort Legal consorts Legal consorts who predeceased spouse's accession Legal consorts who predeceased or divorced prior to establishment of Mughal Empire Legal consorts who bore Emperors Concubines
Name Parent(s) Birth name Origin Place of Origin Marriage Became consort Ceased to be consort Death Note Spouse Aisha Sultan Begum Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Qutak Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1499 (of Ferghana Valley) 1503; Divorced. unknown divorced prior to conquest of India. Babur Zainab Sultan Begum Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Khanzada Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1504 (of Ferghana Valley) 1506 or 1507; her death Maham Begum unknown unknown Persian 15061506 (of Ferghana Valley)
21 April 1526; Mughal Dynasty established.26 December 1530; Spouse's death8 May 1533 Padshah Begum Masuma Sultan Begum Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Habiba Sultan Begum unknown Timurid Samarqand 1507 (of Ferghana Valley)1508; her death Bibi Mubarika Malik Shah Mansur Yusufzai unknown Pashtun unknown 151921 April 1526; Mughal Dynasty established.26 December 1530; Spouse's death1530 Gulrukh BegumunknownBegchik Mughalsbefore 1512unknownDildar Begumunknownunknown Bega Begum Yadgar Beg unknown Persian Khorasan 1527 26 December 1530 spouse's first accession; 22 June 1555 second accession 17 May 1540 interregnum 27 January 1556 Spouse's death17 January 1582 Padshah Begum. Built Humayun's tomb. Humayun Hamida Banu Begum Shaikh Ali Akbar Jami and Mah Afroz Begum unknown Persian unknown 154122 June 1555 Spouse's accession27 January 1556 Spouse's death 30 August 1604 Mother of 3rd Emperor Akbar.The Humayun Nama: Gulbadan Begum's forgotten chronicle Yasmeen Murshed, The Daily Star, 27 June 2004. Mah Chuchak Begum unknown unknown Mongol unknown 154622 June 1555 Spouse's accession 27 January 1556 Spouse's death 28 March 1564 Seized Kabul from Akbar. Ruqaiya Sultan Begum Hindal Mirza and Sultanam Begum Timurid unknown 1556 marriage to the monarch27 October 1605 Spouse's death January 1626 Akbar Salima Sultan Begum Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Naqshbandi unknown 1561 marriage to the monarch 2 January 1613 Mariam-uz-Zamani Raja Bharmal of Amber and Rani Champavati Solanki Harkha Bai Kachhwaha Amber 6 February 1562 marriage to the monarch 19 May 1623 Mother of 4th Emperor Jahangir.Gauhar-un-Nissa BegumShaikh Muhammad BakhtiyarDin LaqabAgra1562 marriage to the monarchRaj KunwariKanha of BikanerBika RathoreBikaner1570 marriage to the monarchNathi BaiRawal Harraj BhatiBhatiJaisalmer1570 marriage to the monarchBhakkari BegumSultan Mahmud of BhakkarunknownBhakkarJuly 1572 marriage to the monarchQasima Banu BegumArab Shah1575 marriage to the monarchBibi Daulat Shadon marriage to MonarchRukmavati BaiRao Maldeo RathoreJodho RathoreMarwar Shah Begum Raja Bhagwant Das of Amber Man Bai Kachhwaha Amber 13 February 1585 – – 5 May 1605 Jahangir Jagat Gosain Raja Udai Singh of Marwar and Rani Kachwahi Manrang Devi Manavati Bai Jodho Rathore Jodhpur or Phalodi 21 January 15863 November 1605 spouse's accession 8 April 1619 her death mother of Emperor Shah Jahan. Sahib Jamal Khwaja Hasan unknown Turkish Herat 1586 – – 25 June 1599 Malika Jahan Rawal Bhim Singh of Jaisalmer unknown Bhati Jaisalmer 1587 3 November 1605 spouse's accession unknown Nur-un-Nissa Begum Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Gulrukh Begum Timurid Khorasan 26 February 1593unknown Khas Mahal Zain Khan Koka unknown Iranian unknown 18 June 1596 unknown Saliha Banu Begum Qaim Khan unknown unknown unknown 1608 marriage to the monarch10 June 1620 her death Padshah Begum. Nur Jahan Mirza Ghiyas Beg and Asmat Begum Mehr-un-nissa Persian Kandahar 25 May 1611 marriage to the monarch28 October 1627 spouse's death 17 December 1645 Padshah Begum. Partisan of Shahryar Mirza during war of succession. Mihr-un-nissa Begum Sher Afgan Khan and Nur Jahan Turkoman unknown 23 April 16217 November 1627 spouse's accession19 January 1628 spouse's death unknown De-facto Empress and daughter of Nur Jahan. Shahryar Mirza (de-facto) Kandahari Begum Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi unknown Safavid Persian Kandahar 161019 January 1628 spouse's accessionunknown Shah Jahan Mumtaz Mahal Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and Diwanji Begum Arjumand Banu Begum Persian Agra 161217 June 1631 her death Padshah Begum and mother of 6th Emperor Alamgir. Her mausoleum is Taj Mahal. Akbarabadi Mahal Mirza Iraj Izz-un-Nissa Turkoman Agra 161731 July 1658 spouse dethroned28 January 1678 Lilavati BaiKunwar Sakti Singh of MarwarRathoreMarwarprior to 1627unknown Dilras Banu Begum Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi and Nauras Banu Begum Safavid Persian unknown 8 May 1637 – – 8 October 1657 Mother of the 7th Emperor, Azam Shah and poetess, Zeb-un-nisa. Aurangzeb Nawab Bai Raja Tajuddin Khan of Rajauri (disputed) Rahmat-un-Nissa Jarral unknown 1638 3 March 1707 spouse's accession 1691 her death mother of the 8th, Bahadur Shah I. Aurangabadi Mahal unknown unknown Georgian or Circassian unknown unknown 3 March 1707 spouse's accessionNovember 1688 her death Udaipuri MahalunknownunknownGeorgian or Cricassian or ArmenianKashmir or Udaipur– – – July 1707 Rahmat Banu Begum Swargadeo Sutamla of Ahom kingdom and Pakhori Gabharu Ramani Gabharu Ahom Ahom kingdom 13 May 1668 – – 1684 Muhammad Azam Shah Jahanzeb Banu Begum Dara Shikoh and Nadira Banu Begum unknown Timurid Agra 3 January 1669 – – 1705 Shahar Banu Begum Ali Adil Shah II and Khurshida Khanum unknown Adilshahi Bijapur 26 July 1681 14 March 1707 spouse's accession 20 June 1707 spouse's death unknown Padshah Begum. Nur-un-Nissa Begum Mirza Sanjar Khan and Zinat-i-Alam Begum Persian Khorasan 30 December 1659 – – February 1701 Bahadur Shah INizam BaiFatehyawar Jang (Disputed)unknownHyderabad12 March 1660 – – 1692 mother of Emperor Jahandar Shah. Sayyid-un-Nissa BegumMirza Rustam SafaviSafaviunknown30 August 168427 February 1712 spouse's accession11 January 1713 spouse's deposed unknownJahandar Shah Imtiaz Mahal Khasusiyat Khan Lal Kunwar unknown unknown unknown Gauhar-Un-Nissa BegumMir Muhammad TaqiPersianunknownunknown 11 January 1713 spouse's accession 28 February 1719 spouse's deposition and deathunknownFarrukhsiyar Indira Kanwar Ajit Singh of Marwar Jodho Rathore Jodhpur 27 September 1715 marriage to the monarch 1763 Bhup DeviBakhtiyar Khan, Raja of KishtwarKishtwar3 July 1717 marriage to the monarch unknown Badshah Begum Farrukhsiyar and Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum unknown Timurid Agra 1721 marriage to the monarch26 April 1748 spouse's death1786 Padshah Begum. Fostered Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur. Muhammad Shah Sahiba Mahal Sayid Salabat Khan and Safa Begum unknown Turkish unknown 1722 marriage to the monarch Qudsia Begum unknown Udham Bai unknown unknown unknown on marriage to the monarch mother of Ahmad Shah Bahadur. Zeenat Mahal unknown unknown unknown unknown 19 November 1840 on marriage to the monarch 14 September 1857 spouse's deposition Bahadur Shah Zafar
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