Badr-un-Nissa Begum

Badr-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: بدرالنساء بیگم; 17 November 1647 – 9 April 1670) was a Mughal princess, the only daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and his secondary wife Nawab Bai.^[1]

Badr-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire
Born	17 November 1647 Delhi, Mughal Empire
Died	9 April 1670(1670-04-09) (aged 22) Delhi, Mughal Empire
Names Badr-un-nissa Begum
House	Timurid
Father	Aurangzeb
Mother	Nawab Bai
Religion	Sunni Islam

Badr-un-Nissa is an Arabic phrase meaning "the Full Moon among Women".

Life

Badr-un-Nissa Begum was born on 17 November 1647, during her grandfather Emperor Shah Jahan's reign. Her mother was Nawab Bai, a princess from Kashmir Belonging from the Jarral Rajput dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir. She was the couple's third and last child. Her elder siblings were Prince Muhammad Sultan, and Prince Muhammad Muazzam (future Emperor Bahadur Shah I). At the time of Aurangzeb's second coronation in 1659, he rewarded Badr-un-Nissa with 160,000 Rupess.^[2]

She is said to be more educated than her sisters. She memorized the Quran,^[2] and read books on faith at her father's persuasion. She spends her life doing good things.^[3] Aurangzeb loved her for her marvelous character, etiquette, and kindheartedness.^[4] She died unmarried at twenty-two on 9 April 1670, in the thirteenth year of her father's reign.^[5] Aurangzeb was distressed upon her death.^[6]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Badr-un-Nissa Begum
8. Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, Mughal Emperor 4. Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Mughal Emperor 9. Jagat Gosain 2. Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor 10. Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan 5. Mumtaz Mahal 11. Diwanji Begum 1. Badr-un-Nissa Begum 12. Sarmast Khan, Raja of Rajauri 6. Taj-ud-din Khan, Raja of Rajauri 3. Nawab Bai Begum

References

1. Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 2.
2. Sharma, Sudha (21 March 2016). The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India. SAGE Publications India. pp. 124, 212. ISBN 978-9-351-50567-9.
3. Iftikhar, Rukhsana (6 June 2016). Indian Feminism: Class, Gender & Identity in Medieval Ages. Notion Press. ISBN 978-9-386-07373-0.^{[page needed]}
4. Chandrababu, B. S.; Thilagavathi, L. (2009). Woman, Her History and Her Struggle for Emancipation. Bharathi Puthakalayam. p. 210. ISBN 978-8-189-90997-0.
5. Sarkar, Jadunath (1912). History of Aurangzib mainly based on Persian sources: Volume 1 - Reign of Shah Jahan. M.C. Sarkar & sons, Calcutta. p. 72.
6. Behari, Bepin (1996). Astrological Biographies: Seventeen Examples of Predictive Insights. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 52. ISBN 978-8-120-81322-9.