Sahib-i-Jamal Begum

Sahib-i Jamal Begum

The possible tomb of Sahib-i Jamal in Lahore
Died June 1599
Lahore, Pakistan
Burial Lahore
Spouse Jahangir
Issue Sultan Muhammad Parviz Mirza
House Timurid (by marriage)
Father Khwaja Hasan
Religion Islam

Sahib-i Jamal Begum (died June 1599) was third wife of the Shahzada Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, future Mughal Emperor Jahangir. She was the mother of Salim's second son, Prince Parviz.[1]

Biography

She was the daughter of a respected Muslim religious personality, Khwaja Hasan of Herat. She was the cousin of Zain Khan Koka, who was a leading official in the Mugal Empire under Akbar, including serving for a time as governor of Kabul. Her title, Sahib-i Jamal, literally means ("Paragon of Beauty") or ("Mistress of Beauty") which was chosen by Akbar himself.[2]

Salim had fallen in love with her and they got married in 1586. In the same year, in a marriage of political alliance, he also married Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani (Manmati Bai). Sahib Jamal bore her husband three children: his second son, Prince Parviz, as well as two daughters, who died in infancy. She died in June 1599 at Lahore, before her husband ascended the throne on 1605, and was also buried there.

References

  1. Balabanlilar, Lisa. Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 10. ISBN 9781848857261.
  2. Prasad, Beni (1940). 3, ed. History of Jahangir. Indian Press, Limited. p. 26.


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