Mah Chuchak Begum

Mah Chuchak Begum
Mah Chuchak Begum
Born	Afghanistan
Died	28 March 1564; Bala Hissar, Kabul, Mughal Empire
Burial	Kabul, Mughal Empire
Spouse	Humayun (m. 1546; d. 1556)
Issue	Mirza Farrukh Fal; Mirza Muhammad Hakim; Bakht-un-Nissa Begum; Sakina Banu Begum; Amina Banu Begum;
Religion	Sunni Islam

Mah Chuchak Begum (meaning moon flower;^[1] died 28 March 1564) was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun.^[2] She was an ambitious lady who threw out the Naib Subadar and ruled Kabul on her own, once leading her army in person and defeating Munim Khan at Jalalabad.^[3]

^ Annemarie Schimmel (2004). The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-861-89185-3.
^ Beveridge, Henry (1907). Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak - Volume II. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 319.
^ Rekha Misra (1967). Women in Mughal India, 1526–1748 A.D. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 24.

[moon-1] Annemarie Schimmel (2004). The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-861-89185-3.

[2] Beveridge, Henry (1907). Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak - Volume II. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 319.

[3] Rekha Misra (1967). Women in Mughal India, 1526–1748 A.D. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 24.

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