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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. [27] daughter of Khwaja Hasan of Herat, making her the cousin of Zain Khan Koka: died c. 25 June 1599 Khas Mahal Daughter of Zain Khan Koka
Prince Salim was the third son born to Akbar and Mariam-uz-Zamani in the capital city of Fatehpur Sikri on 31 August 1569. [ 13 ] [ 9 ] [ 14 ] He had two elder twin brothers, Hassan and Hussain Mirza , born in 1564, both of whom died in infancy.
At age fifteen, Salim was betrothed to his cousin, Rajkumari Man Bai. This marriage was fixed by the mother of Prince Salim, Mariam-uz-Zamani. [11] [12] Akbarnaama quotes, "Rajah Bhagwan Das Kacchwaha, who held high office and who had lofty lineage and abilities, had a daughter whose purity adorned her high extraction and who was endowed with beauty and graces, and that it was the wish of her ...
In 1564, she delivered twins named Mirza Hassan and Mirza Hussain and in 1569, she was honoured with the title of 'Mariam-uz-Zamani' after giving birth to their third and first surviving son, Prince Salim (the future emperor Jahangir), the heir to the throne. She was also the foster mother of Akbar's favourite son, Daniyal Mirza. [204]
Salim married her on 1586. [4] Upon her marriage, she was given the title "Sahib Jamal", which literally means ("Paragon of Beauty") or ("Mistress of Beauty") which was chosen by Akbar himself, by which name she came to be styled thereafter. [8] Sahib Jamal bore her husband his second son, Sultan Parviz Mirza on November 1589. [4]
Salima Sultan Begum was the daughter of Mughal princess Gulrukh Begum and her husband, the Viceroy of Kannauj, Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza. [5] Her father was the grandson of Khwaja Hasan Naqshbandi and was a scion of the illustrious Naqshbandi Khwajas, [6] who were held in great esteem and were related to Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of the Timurid Empire through his son, Sultan Mahmud Mirza.
Though Akbar rarely opens up about his wife on The Talk or American Ninja Warrior, his family does make appearances on the CBS daytime show from time to time.Case in point, this past December, the ...
Mariam-uz-Zamani occupied an important place in Akbar's harem, she was a senior-ranking wife of Akbar who in the words of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, commanded a high rank in the imperial harem. [20] [21] She is stated as the favourite and an influential consort of Akbar, having a considerable influence in the matters of the court.