Nawab Bai

Rahmat-un-Nissa
Queen of the Mughal Empire
Queen mother of the Mughal Empire
Died1691
Delhi, Mughal Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1638)
Issue
Names
Rahmat-un-Nissa
HouseJarral
FatherRaja Tajuddin Khan
ReligionIslam

Rahmat-un-Nissa (Persian: رحمت النساء بیگم; died c. 1691), better known by her title Nawab Bai (Persian: نواب بائی; meaning "The Great"[1]), was a secondary wife of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.[2] She gave birth to Aurangzeb's first two sons, including Bahadur Shah I, who became Mughal emperor in 1707. Nawab Bai was unpopular at the Mughal court and lost her husband's favour quite early on in her life while the misconduct of her sons, Muhammad Sultan and Muhammad Muazzam, embittered her latter life. She died in 1691 in Delhi after long years of separation from her husband and children.

  1. ^ Manucci 1907, p. 333.
  2. ^ Sarkar 1912, p. 61.

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