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Maham Begum or Mahim Begum (d. 16 April 1534) was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 20 April 1526 to 26 December 1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.
Arjumand Banu Begum, en persa: ارجمند بانو بیگم , más conocida como Mumtaz Mahal (en persa: ممتاز محل, que significa "la Elegida de Palacio"; 27 de abril de 1593-17 de junio de 1631), fue la cuarta esposa del emperador del mogol, Sha Jahan.
In the period 1506–08, Babur married four women, Maham Begum (in 1506), Masuma Sultan Begum, Gulrukh Begum and Dildar Begum. Babur had four children by Maham Begum, of whom only one survived infancy. This was his eldest son and heir, Humayun. Masuma Sultan Begum died during childbirth; the year of her death is disputed (either 1508 or 1519 ...
Maham Begum or Mahim Begum (d. 16 April 1534) was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 20 April 1526 to 26 December 1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.
However, like Maham Begum many of the adoptive mothers of Mughal household weren’t childless. Babur’s maternal grandmother Isan Dawlat Khanum, had raised three of her own daughters as well as fostered Babur’s half sister called Yadgar, born after the death of her father.13 Similarly
As empress dowager, Maham played an active role in Humayun’s reign upon his accession as Mughal Emperor. She organised several extravagant feasts and events. Maham died four years after her husband in April 1534.
Begum Hazrat Mahal (c. 1820 – 7 April 1879), also known as the Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh in 1857–1858. She is known for the leading role she had in the rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 .
