| Masuma Sultan Begum | |
| Father: | Babur |
| Mother: | Masuma Sultan Begum |
| Religion: | Sunni Islam |
| Birth Date: | 1508 |
| Birth Place: | Kabul (present-day Afghanistan) |
Masuma Sultan Begum (Persian: معصومہ سلطان بیگم; born 1508) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of the first Mughal emperor, Babur. She is frequently mentioned in the Humayun-nama by her sister, Gulbadan Begum, who calls her sister 'Elder sister Moon' (mah chacha).[1]
Masuma Sultan Begum was the daughter of Babur and his fourth wife, Masuma Sultan Begum.[2] She was born in Kabul, and her mother died giving birth to her. She was given her mother's name.[3] In 1511, Babur entrusted Kabul to his younger brother Nasir Mirza and set out for Samarkand.
In 1517, when Masuma Sultan Begum was nine years old, Babur married her to the twenty-one year old Muhammad Zaman Mirza.[4] He was the son of Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, and the grandson of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara.[5] His mother was the daughter of Tahamtan Beg, and the niece of Asad Beg.[6] After Masuma Sultan Begum's marriage with him, Babur sent him to Balkh.[4]
She became a widow at the age of thirty-one when Muhammad Zaman Mirza died in the Battle of Chausa.[7]