Nur-un-Nissa Begum
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See also: Nur-un-Nissa Begum (wife of Jahangir)
Nur-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: نورالنسا بیگم; meaning "Light among women"; died February 1701) was the first wife and chief consort of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I.[1]
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Nur-un-nissa Begum | |
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Empress of the Mughal Empire Zan-i-Kalan | |
Born | Khurasan |
Died | February 1701 Kabul, Mughal Empire |
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Issue | Rafi-ush-Shan |
House | Timurid (by marriage) |
Father | Mirza Sanjar Khan |
Mother | Zinat-i-Alam Begum |
Religion | Islam |
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She was the mother of his third son, Prince Rafi-ush-Shan, and exercised great influence over her husband.[2] She was the grand mother of future emperors, Rafi ud-Darajat, Shah Jahan II, and Muhammad Ibrahim. She died in 1701, six years before Bahadur Shah's accession to the throne.