Pari Bibi (died 1678) was the daughter of

Shaista Khan Mirza Abu Talib (b. 22 November 1600 – d. 1694), better known as Shaista Khan, was a general and the Subahdar of Mughal Bengal. He was maternal uncle to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and acted as a key figure during his reign. Shaista Khan ini ...

, who was the son of

Asaf Khan IV Abu'l-Hasan ( 1569 – 12 June 1641) entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Asaf Khan, was the Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of the fifth Mughal emperor Jahangir, a position he held from the time of death of Mirza Ghiyas Beg till the accession ...

and brother of

Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahal (; ; born Arjumand Banu Begum; 27 April 1593 – 17 June 1631) was the empress consort of Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of t ...

. At the time of her death, she was betrothed to Prince Azam, who became the future

Mughal Emperor The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution on 21 September 1857. They were supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in ...

Muhammad Azam Shah Mirza Abu'l Fayaz Qutb-ud-Din Mohammad Azam (28 June 1653 – 20 June 1707), commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the seventh Mughal emperor from 14 March to 20 June 1707. He was the third son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his ...

. She was the grandniece of

Nur Jahan Nur Jahan (; 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645), born Mehr-un-Nissa was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. More decisive and proactive than her husband, Nur Jahan is considered by certain historians to have be ...

, the main consort of the Mughal Emperor

Jahangir Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Emperor of Hindustan from 1605 until his death in 1627, and the fourth Mughal emperors, Mughal ...

Biography

Pari Bibi aka

Ramani Gabharu Ramani Gabharu (1656 – 1684) was a princess of Kingdom of Assam and the first wife of titular Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She was sent to the Mughal Emperor as part of the Treaty of Ghilajharighat at the age of seven and ...

was the adoptive daughter of

and was also known as Iran Dukht

Rahmat Banu Begum Ramani Gabharu (1656 – 1684) was a princess of Kingdom of Assam and the first wife of titular Mughal emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She was sent to the Mughal Emperor as part of the Treaty of Ghilajharighat at the age of seven and was renamed Ra ...

. She was the biological daughter of Ahom king

Jayadhwaj Singha Sutamla (ruled 1648–1663) Jayadhwaj Singha was the 20th king of the Ahom kingdom. During his reign the Mughal viceroy at Bengal Mir Jumla II invaded and occupied his capital Garhgaon as a result of which he had to retreat to the Namrup a ...

and was sent to the Mughal Emperor as part of the

Treaty of Ghilajharighat The Treaty of Ghilajharighat, Tipam, was signed between the Ahoms and the Mughal forces led by Mir Jumla II on 23rd January 1663. The treaty was signed at the end of Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam of 1662–1663. Though the signing of the treaty ...

at the age of six. She was engaged to

, the son of Mughal Emperor

Aurangzeb Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, also called Aurangzeb the Conqueror, was the sixth Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707, becomi ...

, on 3 May 1668. She was born at

Garhgaon Gargaon ( Tai-Ahom:Tsé-hung;) is a historic city in Assam, India and served as the capital of the Ahom kingdom for many years. It was built by the Ahom king Suklenmung (Gargaiya Roja) in 1540. It lies 13 km east of present-day Sivasa ...

, Ahom kingdom and lived in Dhaka,

Bengal Subah The Bengal Subah (Bengali language, Bengali: সুবাহ বাংলা, ), also referred to as Mughal Bengal and Bengal State (after 1717), was one of the puppet states and the largest subah, subdivision of The Mughal India, Mughal Emp ...

(province), her father was the governor of the province. Mughal records of that era showed that she played an influential role in the governor household and the politics of the province.

Death and tomb

In 1678, Pari Bibi died a premature death and left her father heartbroken. Shaista Khan was constructing the

Lalbagh Fort The Lalbagh Fort () is a historic fort situated in the old city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its name is derived from its neighbourhood Lalbagh, which means Red Garden. The term Lalbagh refers to reddish and pinkish hues in the Mughal architecture. Th ...

in Dhaka, the construction of which had started under her fiancé Prince Muhammad Azam. Shaista Khan now viewed the fort as inauspicious and stopped construction of the fort. He built the tomb of his daughter with the compound of the fort. Other sources have reported that the tomb was constructed by Prince Azam himself. The Tomb of Pari Bibi is considered an important architectural site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since 1974 the tomb and fort have been managed by the Department of Archaeology.

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