
Born as Zeb-un-Nisa, Dai Anga (
: {{lang, ur, {{nq, دائی انگہ ), was the wet-nurse of the
Mughal Emperor
The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled ...
,
Shah Jahan
Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name Shah Jahan I (; ), was the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire, reigning from January 1628 until July 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mugh ...
. Her family was closely associated with the Mughal empire. Her husband Murad Khan served in the court of Emperor Jahangir as Magistrate of
Bikaner
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Formerly the capital ...
, and her son Muhammad Rashid Khan, was the best archers in the kingdom, and died fighting in the service of Shah Jahan's eldest son Dara Shikoh.
She commissioned the
Dai Anga Mosque
Dai Anga Mosque (Urdu: ) is a mosque situated to southeast of the Lahore Railway Station, in the city of Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab province. The mosque is said to have been built in 1635 in honour of the wetnurse of the Mughal Emperor Shah Ja ...
in
Lahore
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,
Pakistan
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, before departing for the
Hajj pilgrimage. The
Tomb of Dai Anga
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is known as the "Gulabi Bagh," and is also located in Lahore.
Women of the Mughal Empire
Wet nurses
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing