Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum explained

Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire
Issue:Ali Tabar Mirza
Father:Aurangzeb
Mother:Dilras Banu Begum
Birth Date:2 September 1651
Birth Place:Multan, Mughal Empire
(present day Multan, Pakistan)
Death Place:Delhi, India
Religion:Sunni Islam

Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum (; 2 September 1651 – 17 February 1707) was a Mughal princess, the third daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb and his wife Dilras Banu Begum.

Life

Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum was born on 2 September 1651 in Multan. Her father was Aurangzeb, who was then a prince,[1] and her mother was Dilras Banu Begum. A well-read woman,[2] Zubdat-un-Nissa had in-depth knowledge of the doctrines of Islam.[3]

Zubdat-un-Nissa married her first cousin, Prince Sipihr Shikoh on 30 January 1673, he was the third son of her paternal uncle, Crown Prince Dara Shikoh and her aunt Nadira Banu Begum.[4] She was given a marriage portion of 400,000 rupees.[5] A certain Hamida Banu Begam arranged the marriage feast.[6] In 1676, Zubdat gave birth to a son, Shahzada Ali Tabar, who died within six months of his birth.[7]

She died on 17 February 1707, less than a month before her father.[8]

References

  1. Book: Sir Jadunath Sarkar . 1973 . History of Aurangzib: Reign of Shah Jahan. War of succession . Orient Longman . 38.
  2. Book: Sarfaraz Hussain Mirza . 1969 . Muslim Women's Role in the Pakistan Movement . Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab . 4.
  3. Book: Schimmel, Annemarie. Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Volume 2, Issue 4, Part 3. 1980. Brill. Leiden. 9789004061170.
  4. Book: Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Volume 3 of History of Aurangzib: Mainly Based on Persian Sources. 1981. South Asian Publishers. 39.
  5. Book: Sudha Sharma . 21 March 2016 . The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India . SAGE Publications India . 113 . 9789351505679.
  6. Book: Soma Mukherjee . 2001 . Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions . Gyan Books . 106 . 9788121207607.
  7. Book: Hansen, Waldemar. The Peacock Throne : The Drama of Mogul India.. 1972. Motilal Banarsidass. 9788120802254. 393. 1. Indian ed., repr..
  8. Book: William Irvine . 1971 . Later Mughal . Atlantic Publishers & Distri . 2.