Hamida Banu Begum

Hamida Banu Begum
Empress consort of the Mughal Empire
Empress mother of the Mughal Empire
Artistic portrait of Hamida Banu Begum
Padshah Begum
PredecessorBega Begum
SuccessorSaliha Banu Begum
Bornc. 1527
Died29 August 1604(1604-08-29) (aged 76–77)
Agra, Mughal Empire (present-day India)
Burial30 August 1604
Spouse
(m. 1541; d. 1556)
IssueAkbar
Two daughters
FatherShaikh Ali Akbar Jami
MotherMah Afroz Begum
ReligionShia Islam

Hamida Banu Begum (Persian: حمیده بانو بیگم; c. 1527 – 29 August 1604) was the empress consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and the mother of his successor, the third Mughal emperor Akbar.[1][2] She was bestowed the title of Mariam Makani (lit.'Dwelling with Mariam'), by her son, Akbar.[3] She also bore the title of Padshah Begum during the reign of Akbar.[4]

  1. ^ Lal, Muni (1986). Shah Jahan. Vikas Publishing House. p. xv. ISBN 9780706929294.
  2. ^ The Humayun Nama: Gulbadan Begum's forgotten chronicle Yasmeen Murshed, The Daily Star, 27 June 2004.
  3. ^ Findly, Ellison Banks (1993). Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780195360608.
  4. ^ Badayuni, Abdul Qadir. Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh. Vol. III. Begum Pädshāh, the mother of his Majesty, busied herself in the ladies' apartments of the palace in interceding for the Shaikh and said to the Emperor. My son, he has an aged and decrepit mother in Ajmer.

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