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Manavati Bai, also spelled Manvati Bai, (13 May 1573 – 8 April 1619), better known by her title, Jagat Gosain (lit. ' Saint of the World '), was the second wife and the empress consort of the fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, Shah Jahan.
[13] [25] Jahangir's foster mother was the daughter of Salim Chishti, and his foster brother was Qutubuddin Koka, the grandson of Chishti. [26] [27]
Jahangir paid obeisance to his mother by touching her feet. He records these instances with a sense of pride. His reference to his mother was preceded by the epithet 'Hazrat'. Jahangir referred to her as "Hazrat Mariam-uz-Zamani", "Her Majesty" or at times "my exalted mother" out of his love for her in his memoirs. [105]
The emperor was deeply attached to his foster mother, as reflected by the following paragraph in the Jahangir's memoirs: In the month Ẕi-l-qa‘da the mother of Qutbu-d-dīn Khān Koka, who had given me her milk and was as a mother to me or even kinder than my own kind mother ... was committed to the mercy of God. I placed the feet of her ...
Jahangir: Rajput: Amber, Mughal Empire: Manavati Bai (Bilqis Makani) [6] Shah Jahan: Rajput: Marwar, Mughal Empire: Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) Aurangzeb: Persian: Agra, Mughal Empire: Rabia-ud-Daurani (Dilras Banu Begum) Azam Shah: Safavid Persian: Mughal Empire: Nawab Bai (Rahmat-un-Nissa) [7] Bahadur Shah I: Kashmiri Muslim: Rajauri ...
Finding his name unaccountably difficult to pronounce, Jahangir offered Hawkins the much more suitable title of Khan, and Hawkins Khan settled into courtly life at Agra, dressing in the "Mohammeddan manner" of the Mughal noblemen, and even marrying Mariam, an Armenian Christian woman who had been living as Jahangir's ward in his immense zenana ...
Jahangir betrothed Parviz to Jahan Banu on 12 September 1606, and sent 130,000 rupees as a marriage present to her house. The marriage ceremony took place on 29 October 1606 at the palace of his grandmother, Queen mother Mariam-uz-Zamani. The entertainment was arranged at Parviz's house, and all who were present were exalted with all kinds of ...
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