Mihr-un-Nissa Begum

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum
Mihr-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire
Born	28 September 1661; Aurangabad
Died	2 April 1706 (aged 44); Delhi
Spouse	Izzad Bakhsh Mirza; (m. 1672)
Issue	Dawar Bakhsh Mirza; Dadar Bakhsh Mirza;
House	Timurid
Father	Aurangzeb
Mother	Aurangabadi Mahal
Religion	Sunni Islam

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: مهرالنسا بیگم; 28 September 1661 – 2 April 1706), meaning "Sun among women", was a Mughal princess, the fifth daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and his consort Aurangabadi Mahal.^[1]

Birth

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum was born on 28 September 1661. Her mother was a concubine named Aurangabadi Mahal. She was the ninth child and fifth daughter born to her father, and the only child of her mother.^[2]

Marriage

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum married her first cousin, Izzad Bakhsh Mirza, the son of her paternal uncle Prince Murad Bakhsh Mirza,^[3] the youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan.^[4] The marriage took place on 7 December 1672, after Izzad Bakhsh's release from the Gwalior fort. The marriage was performed in the presence of Qaz Abdul Wahhab, Shaikh Nizam, Bakhtawar Khan an Darbar Khan.^[5] She was the mother of two sons, Princes Dawar Bakhsh Mirza and Dadar Bakhsh Mirza.^[6]

Death

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum died on 2 April 1706, a year before her father's death.^[7] Her husband also died along with her.^[8]

References

^ Beale, Thomas William (1881). The Oriental Biographical Dictionary. Asiatic Society. pp. 179.
^ Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 3.
^ Nath, Renuka (1 January 1990). Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D. Inter-India Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-8-121-00241-7.
^ Khan, 'Inayat; Begley, Wayne Edison (1990). The Shah Jahan nama of 'Inayat Khan: an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian: The nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add. 30,777). Oxford University Press. p. 495.
^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1947). Maasir-i-Alamgiri: A History of Emperor Aurangzib-Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. p. 74.
^ Faruqui, Munis D. (27 August 2012). Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504 - 1719. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-139-53675-2.
^ Indian Antiquary, Volume 40. Popular Prakashan. 1911. p. 83.
^ Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1974). History of Aurangzib: Mainly based on Persian sources. Orient Longman. p. 192.

[1] Beale, Thomas William (1881). The Oriental Biographical Dictionary. Asiatic Society. pp. 179.

[2] Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 3.

[3] Nath, Renuka (1 January 1990). Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D. Inter-India Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-8-121-00241-7.

[4] Khan, 'Inayat; Begley, Wayne Edison (1990). The Shah Jahan nama of 'Inayat Khan: an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian: The nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add. 30,777). Oxford University Press. p. 495.

[5] Sarkar, Jadunath (1947). Maasir-i-Alamgiri: A History of Emperor Aurangzib-Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. p. 74.

[6] Faruqui, Munis D. (27 August 2012). Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504 - 1719. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-139-53675-2.

[7] Indian Antiquary, Volume 40. Popular Prakashan. 1911. p. 83.

[8] Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1974). History of Aurangzib: Mainly based on Persian sources. Orient Longman. p. 192.

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