Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum () (23 September 1597 – ) was a
Mughal
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princess, the youngest daughter of
Emperor Jahangir and his
Rathore wife,
Jagat Gosain.
She was also the full sister of
Emperor 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 Mugha ...
.
Life
Born on 23 September 1597, Luzzat was the youngest daughter of Prince Salim (later
Jahangir
Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until he died in 1627. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti.
Ear ...
), the eldest surviving son of Mughal Emperor
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
.
Her mother was the
Rathore princess,
Jagat Gosain (''Bilqis Makani'' in official chronicles), the tenth daughter of
Udai Singh Rathore, the Raja of
Marwar. She was born at
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
on the return journey of the Royal entourage of her grandfather, Akbar, towards
Lahore.
She had two older full-siblings, Begum Sultan, who died infancy and
Prince Khurram, who succeeded their father to throne.
Death
Luzzat-un-Nissa died at the age of 5, , during the rebellion of her father.
Ancestry
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1597 births
1603 deaths
Mughal princesses
16th-century Indian women
17th-century Indian women
Daughters of emperors
Royalty and nobility who died as children