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Zahir Ud-din Muhammad Babur
Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of ''Firdaws Makani'' ('Dwelling in Paradise'). Born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (now in Uzbekistan), Babur was the eldest son of Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456–1494, Timurid governor of Fergana from 1469 to 1494) and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur (1336–1405). Babur ascended the throne of Fergana in its capital Akhsikath in 1494 at the age of twelve and faced rebellion. He conquered Samarkand two years later, only to lose Fergana soon after. In his attempt to reconquer Fergana, he lost control of Samarkand. In 1501, his attempt to recapture both the regions failed when the Uzbek prince Muhammad Shaybani defeated him and founded the Khanate of Bukhara. In 1504, he conquered Kabul, which was under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi (warrior)
A ''ghazi'', or ''gazi'' (, , plural ''ġuzāt'') is an individual who participated in ''ghazw'' (, ''wikt:ghazwa, ''), meaning military expeditions or raids against non-Muslims. The latter term was applied in early Islamic literature to expeditions led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and later taken up by Turkic military leaders to describe their wars of conquest. In the context of the wars between Russia and the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus, starting as early as the late 18th century's Sheikh Mansur's resistance to Russian expansion, the word usually appears in the form ''gazavat'' (). In English-language literature, the ''ghazw'' often appears as ''Razzia (military), razzia'', a borrowing through French from Maghrebi Arabic. In modern Turkish language, Turkish, ''gazi'' is used to refer to veterans, and also as a title for Turkic Muslim champions such as Ertuğrul and Osman I. Ghazwa as raid—razzia In pre-Islamic Bedouin culture, ghazw[a] was a form of limited warfar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maham Begum
Maham Begum or Mahim Begum (d. 16 April 1534) was the empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 21 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. She was the mother of Babur's eldest surviving son and eventual successor, Humayun. She was the first recipient of the imperial title Padshah Begum, a formal designation of being the first lady of the Mughal court. Maham Begum is also frequently mentioned in the ''Humayun-nama'' by her adoptive daughter Gulbadan Begum, who refers to her as "lady" and "my Lady" (''aka'' and ''akam'', respectively). Family and lineage Contemporary records give no specific information regarding Maham Begum's parentage. Babur's autobiography, the ''Baburnama'', makes little mention of their wedding and says nothing about Maham's family. However, there is evidence to suggest that a certain Khwaja Muhammad Ali (referred to as "uncle" by Gulbadan) was Maham's brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughal Dynasty
The Mughal dynasty () or the House of Babur (), was a Central Asian dynasty of Turco-Mongol tradition, Turco-Mongol origin that ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to the 19th century. The dynasty was a cadet branch of the Timurid dynasty, which had ruled in parts of Central Asia and Iran in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Mughals originated as a branch of the Central Asian Timurid dynasty, Timurid Dynasty which belonged to the Barlas, Barlas tribe, which was a branch of the Borjigin Clan. Babur (1483–1530), the founder of the Mughal dynasty, was a direct descendant of the Asian conqueror Timur, Timur (Tamerlane) through his father and Mongol emperor Genghis Khan through his mother. Many of the later Mughal emperors had significant Indian and Persian ancestry through marriage alliances. During much of the Empire's history, the emperor functioned as the absolute Head of State, Head of government and Head of the military, while during its declinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulchehra Begum
Gulchehra Begum (also known as Gulchehara, Gulchihra or Gulshara; c. 1515–1557) was a Mughal princess, daughter of Emperor Zāhir ud-Dīn Mohammad Babur of India, and half-sister of Emperor Humayun. Later, her half-nephew, Prince Jalal-ud-Din Mohammed ascended the imperial throne as Emperor Akbar. Background Her name means literally "A Face like Flowers" in Persian. She was a descendant of the lines of highest Central Asian aristocracy: Timur through his son Miran Shah, and Genghis Khan through his son Chagatai Khan. Her mother was Dildar Begum and she was the sister of Hindal Mirza and Gulbadan Begum. Early life When Princess Gulbadan was born her father, Babur, had been lord in |
Gulbadan Begum
Gulbadan Begum ( 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. She is best known as the author of '' Humayun-Nama'', the account of the life of her half-brother and Babar's successor, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew and Humayun's son, Emperor Akbar. Gulbadan's recollection of Babur is brief, but she gives a refreshing account of Humayun's household and provides rare material regarding his confrontation with her half-brother, Kamran Mirza. She records the fratricidal conflict among her brothers with a sense of grief. Gulbadan Begum was about eight years old at the time of her father's death in 1530 and was brought up by her older half-brother, Humayun. She was married to a Chagatai noble, her cousin, Khizr Khwaja Khan, the son of Aiman Khwajah Sultan, son of Khan Ahmad Alaq of the Turpan Khanate in Moghulistan at the age of seventeen. She spent most of her life in Kab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindal Mirza
Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad (; 4 March 1519 – 20 November 1551), better known by the sobriquet Hindal ( Chagatai for "Taker of India"), was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor. He was also the older brother of Gulbadan Begum (the author of ''Humayun-nama''), the younger half-brother of the second Mughal emperor Humayun, as well as the paternal-uncle and father-in-law of the third Mughal emperor Akbar. Hindal's long military career started at the age of ten, with his first appointment as a viceroy being in Badakshan, Afghanistan. The young prince subsequently proved himself to be a successful and courageous general. Thus, by the age of 19, Hindal was considered to be a strong and favourable contender for the Mughal throne as Humayun's successor by the imperial council, which despised his older brother. However, unlike his rebellious half-brother, Kamran Mirza, Hindal eventually pledged allegiance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askari Mirza
Muhammad Askari Mirza (Persian: محمد عسکری میرزا), sometimes known simply as Askari Mirza (1518 – 5 October 1557DELHI (Mughal Empire) http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/families/mughal.html ) was a son of Babur Mirza, the founder of the Mughal dynasty and Gulrukh Begum. Askari was also a general of the Mughal Army known for his role in the early Mughal conquests of India. Babur appointed him as governor of Sambhal where he ruled from 1531 to 1554. He died in 1557 in Makkah where he had travelled for the Hajj Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ... pilgrimage. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Askari Mirza 1518 births 1557 deaths Mughal princes Timurid dynasty 16th-century Mughal Empire people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamran Mirza
Kamran Mirza () (1512 – 5 October 1557) was the second son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal Emperor. Kamran Mirza was born in Kabul to Babur's wife Gulrukh Begum. He was half-brother to Babur's eldest son Humayun, who would go on and inherit the Mughal throne, but he was full-brother to Babur's third son, Askari. A divan written in Persian and Chagatai is attributed to him. During the Reign of Babur While his father, Babur Mirza, was conquering northern India from 1525 onwards, Kamran remained in Kandahar in order to secure his northern flank. He was still in charge of the northern part of the newly formed empire, when his father died in 1530. According to the Mughal historian Abul Fazl, Babur's last words to Humayun were "do nothing against your brothers, even though they may deserve it". In India In 1538, Kamran first crossed into India, bringing with him 12,000 soldiers, while Humayun was away fighting in Bengal. He appeared to have co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masuma Sultan Begum (daughter Of Babur)
Masuma Sultan Begum (; born 1508) was a Mughal Empire, Mughal princess and the daughter of the first Mughal emperor, Babur. She is frequently mentioned in the ''Humayun-nama'' by her sister, Gulbadan Begum, who calls her sister 'Elder sister Moon' (''mah chacha''). Early life Masuma Sultan Begum was the daughter of Babur and his fourth wife, also named Masuma Sultan Begum. Born in Kabul, she was named after her mother who died giving birth to her. In 1511, Babur entrusted Kabul to his younger brother Nasir Mirza and set out for Samarkand. Marriage In 1517, when Masuma Sultan Begum was nine years old, Babur married her to the twenty-one year old Muhammad Zaman Mirza. He was the son of Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, and the grandson of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara. His mother was the daughter of Tahamtan Beg, and the niece of Asad Beg. After Masuma Sultan Begum's marriage with him, Babur sent him to Balkh. She became a widow at the age of thirty-one when Muhammad Zaman Mirza died in the Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakhr-un-Nissa
Fakhr-un-Nissa (died 1501) was a Mughal princess as the eldest child of the first Mughal Emperor Babur and his Empress consort Aisha Sultan Begum. Fakhr-un-Nissa was born in 1501 in Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ... to the nineteen-year-old Babur and his first wife, Aisha Sultan Begum. Upon her birth, she was named Fakhr-un-Nissa ("Glory of Women"). The princess died a month or forty days after her birth, and her death grieved Babur the most as he dearly loved his daughter. Ancestry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fakhr-un-Nissa Mughal princesses Timurid dynasty Babur 1501 births 1501 deaths 16th-century Indian women 16th-century Mughal Empire people Daughters of emperors Royalty who died as children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consorts
__NOTOC__ Consort may refer to: Music * "The Consort" (Rufus Wainwright song), from the 2000 album ''Poses'' * Consort of instruments, term for instrumental ensembles * Consort song (musical), a characteristic English song form, late 16th–early 17th centuries Places * Consort, Alberta, a village in Alberta, Canada * Consort Islands, two small islands in the Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica * Consort Mountain, in the Victoria Cross Ranges, Alberta, Canada Titles *Royal consort, a spouse, concubine or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch: **Queen consort, wife of a reigning king ** Prince consort, husband of a reigning princess or queen ** King consort, rarely used alternative title for husband of a reigning queen ** Princess consort, wife of a reigning prince; also, rarely used alternative title for wife of a reigning king **Viceregal consort of Canada, spouse of the Governor General of Canada Other uses * Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Mubarika
Bibi Mubarika Yusufzai (;) was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire. She was the fifth wife of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. She is frequently mentioned in the Humayun-nama by her stepdaughter Gulbadan Begum, who calls her stepmother 'The Afghan lady' or 'Afghani Aghacha'. "Afghan" is an ethnonym referring to the Pashtun people. Family Bibi Mubarika was the daughter of Malik Shah Mansur, a Pashtun Yusufzai chief. She was the granddaughter of Malik Sulaiman Shah, and the niece of Taus Khan. One of her brothers named Mir Jamal accompanied Babur to India in 1525, and held high posts under Humayun and Akbar. He was given the title of Khan. Marriage Babur married her at Kehraj on 30 January 1519. The alliance was the sign and seal of amity between him and her tribe. An intelligent woman, Mubarika played an important role in the establishment of friendly relations between the Mughals The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
