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Mariam-uz-Zamani (lit. ' Mary/Compassionate of the Age '; [5] c. 1542 – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, [6] was the chief consort and principal Hindu wife [a] as well as the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar.
After Mughal Emperor Humayun was defeated at Chausa (1539) and Kannauj (1540) by the forces of Sher Shah Suri, Humayun fled westward to modern-day Sindh. [19] There, he met and married the 14-year-old Hamida Banu Begum, daughter of Shaikh Ali Akbar Jami, a Persian teacher of Humayun's younger brother Hindal Mirza.
The Mughal emperors had significant Indian and Persian ancestry through marriage ... [26] reigned 1605–1627) was born to Akbar and his wife Mariam-uz-Zamani, an ...
Akbar's favourite wife, Mariam-uz-Zamani, is the earliest recorded woman of the Mughal empire who engaged in inland and overseas trade. [10] During the reigns of Akbar and Jahangir, she built the largest ships that carried pilgrims to and from the Islamic holy city Mecca, ran an extensive trade of silk and several spices to international ...
Hindal Mirza presents young Akbar's portrait to Humayun, during Akbar's circumcision celebrations in Kabul, c. 1546 AD. [5]Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was born into the Timurid dynasty as a Mughal princess, and was the only daughter of Mughal prince Hindal Mirza, the youngest son of the first Mughal emperor Babur from his wife Dildar Begum. [6]
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Akbar: Mughal Emperor and father of Jahangir October 1542– 27 October 1605) Reign:1556 to 1605 Daniyal Mirza: Third son of Emperor Akbar the Great and the brother of the Emperor Jahangir. 11 September 1572 – 19 March 1605 Sahib i-Jamal: Wife of Jahangir [26] mother of Salim's second son, Prince Parviz.
Born as a Hindu princess, Mariam-uz-Zamani was married to Mughal emperor Akbar in the year 1562 as a result of a political alliance between Akbar and her father, Raja Bharmal. [12] [13] She gradually became his favourite wife and was the first wife of Akbar to honour the royal household with an heir. [14]