Badr-un-Nissa Begum
| Badr-un-Nissa Begum | |||||
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| Shahzadi of Mughal Empire | |||||
| Born | 17 November 1647 Delhi, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 9 April 1670 (aged 22) Delhi, Mughal Empire | ||||
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| House | Timurid | ||||
| Father | Aurangzeb | ||||
| Mother | Nawab Bai | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Badr-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: بدرالنساء بیگم; 17 November 1647 – 9 April 1670) was a Mughal princess, the only daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and his secondary wife Nawab Bai.[1]
Badr-un-Nissa is an Arabic phrase meaning "the Full Moon among Women".
Life
Badr-un-Nissa Begum was born on 17 November 1647, during her grandfather Emperor Shah Jahan's reign. Her mother was Nawab Bai, a princess from Kashmir Belonging from the Jarral Rajput dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir. She was the couple's third and last child. Her elder siblings were Prince Muhammad Sultan, and Prince Muhammad Muazzam (future Emperor Bahadur Shah I). At the time of Aurangzeb's second coronation in 1659, he rewarded Badr-un-Nissa with 160,000 Rupess.[2]
She is said to be more educated than her sisters. She memorized the Quran,[2] and read books on faith at her father's persuasion. She spends her life doing good things.[3] Aurangzeb loved her for her marvelous character, etiquette, and kindheartedness.[4] She died unmarried at twenty-two on 9 April 1670, in the thirteenth year of her father's reign.[5] Aurangzeb was distressed upon her death.[6]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 2.
- ^ ISBN 978-9-351-50567-9.
- ISBN 978-9-386-07373-0.[page needed]
- ISBN 978-8-189-90997-0.
- ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1912). History of Aurangzib mainly based on Persian sources: Volume 1 - Reign of Shah Jahan. M.C. Sarkar & sons, Calcutta. p. 72.
- ISBN 978-8-120-81322-9.