Mihr-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire
Born28 September 1661
Aurangabad
Died2 April 1706(1706-04-02) (aged 44)
Delhi
Spouse
Izzad Bakhsh Mirza
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(m. 1672)​
Issue
  • Dawar Bakhsh Mirza
  • Dadar Bakhsh Mirza
HouseTimurid
FatherAurangzeb
MotherAurangabadi Mahal
ReligionSunni Islam

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: مهرالنسا بیگم; 28 September 1661 – 2 April 1706), meaning "Sun among women", was a Mughal princess, the fifth daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and his consort Aurangabadi Mahal.[1]

Birth

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum was born on 28 September 1661. Her mother was a concubine named Aurangabadi Mahal. She was the ninth child and fifth daughter born to her father, and the only child of her mother.[2]

Marriage

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum married her first cousin, Izzad Bakhsh Mirza, the son of her paternal uncle Prince Murad Bakhsh Mirza,[3] the youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan.[4] The marriage took place on 7 December 1672, after Izzad Bakhsh's release from the Gwalior fort. The marriage was performed in the presence of Qaz Abdul Wahhab, Shaikh Nizam, Bakhtawar Khan an Darbar Khan.[5] She was the mother of two sons, Princes Dawar Bakhsh Mirza and Dadar Bakhsh Mirza.[6]

Death

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum died on 2 April 1706, a year before her father's death.[7] Her husband also died along with her.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Beale, Thomas William (1881). The Oriental Biographical Dictionary. Asiatic Society. pp. 179.
  2. ↑ Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Nath, Renuka (1 January 1990). Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D. Inter-India Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-8-121-00241-7.
  4. ↑ Khan, 'Inayat; Begley, Wayne Edison (1990). The Shah Jahan nama of 'Inayat Khan: an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian: The nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add. 30,777). Oxford University Press. p. 495.
  5. ↑ Sarkar, Jadunath (1947). Maasir-i-Alamgiri: A History of Emperor Aurangzib-Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. p. 74.
  6. ↑ Faruqui, Munis D. (27 August 2012). Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504 - 1719. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-139-53675-2.
  7. ↑ Indian Antiquary, Volume 40. Popular Prakashan. 1911. p. 83.
  8. ↑ Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1974). History of Aurangzib: Mainly based on Persian sources. Orient Longman. p. 192.
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