List of mothers of the Mughal emperors explained

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	Babur	Turkic-Mongol	Moghulistan, Chagatai Khanate
Maham Begum	Humayun	Turkic-Mongol	Khorasan, Persia
Hamida Banu Begum (Maryam Makani)	Akbar	Persian	Khorasan, Persia
Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani	Jahangir	Rajput	Amber, Mughal Empire
Manavati Bai (Bilqis Makani)	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)	Bahadur Shah I	Kashmiri Muslim	Rajauri, Kashmir
Nizam Bai	Jahandar Shah	Hyderabadi Muslims	Hyderabad, Golconda Sultanate
Sahiba Niswan Begum	Farrukhsiyar	Kashmiri	Kashmir, Mughal Empire
Nur-un-Nissa Begum	Rafi ud-Darajat	Persian	Khurasan, Persia
Qudsia ul-Alqab Hazrat Begum (Fakhr un-nisa)	Muhammad Shah	Muslim	Mughal Empire
Qudsia Begum (Udham Bai)	Ahmad Shah Bahadur	Shia Islam	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

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Notes and References

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