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Babur crossing the Indus River. Babur's first wife, Aisha Sultan Begum, was his paternal cousin, the daughter of Sultan Ahmad Mirza, his father's brother. She was an infant when betrothed to Babur, who was himself five years old. They married eleven years later, c. 1498–99.
Babur was simply not interested in her, or in marriage, at this time. Nevertheless, Aisha gave birth to Babur's first child after three years of marriage. This was a daughter, Fakhr-un-Nissa, born in 1501 at Samarkand but died after a month or forty days. Her death grieved Babur the most as he had grown dearly fond of his little daughter. [6]
Maham Begum or Mahim Begum [1] (d. 16 April 1534) was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 21 April 1526 to 26 December 1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor. She was the mother of Babur's eldest surviving son and eventual successor, Humayun.
On the left: Shah Jahan, Akbar and Babur, with Abu Sa'id of Samarkand and Timur's son, Miran Shah. On the right: Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Humayun, and two of Timur's other offspring Umar Shaykh and Muhammad Sultan. Created c. 1707–12. Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–1658) was born to Jahangir and his wife Jagat Gosain. [26]
Pages in category "Wives of Babur" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aisha Sultan Begum; B.
Babur asked her hand in marriage. After an exchange of private messages, Babur's elder relative and Payanda Sultan Begum (wife of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara) settled with Habiba Sultan Begum that the latter should bring her daughter to Kabul for Babur. [2] Babur then moved to Kabul where he married her in 1507. [3] [4]
Humayun was born as Nasir al-Din Muhammad to Babur's favourite wife Māham Begum on Tuesday 6 March 1508. According to Abul Fazl, Māham was related to the noble family of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, the Timurid ruler of Herat. She was also related to Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami. [7] [8]
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.