Amina Begum

Amina Begum was a Bengali aristocrat from the Nawab family of Bengal and mother of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal.[1]

Amina Begum
Princess of Bengal Subah
Amina Begum's tomb at Khosbag
DiedNovember 1760
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Burial
Khushbagh, India
SpouseZain ud-Din Ahmed Khan
IssueMirza Mehdi Ekram ud- Doulah
Siraj ud-Daulah
HouseAfshar (by birth)
FatherNawab Alivardi Khan
MotherSharf-un-Nisa (sister of Sayyid Ahmed Najafi and daughter of Sayyid Hussain Najafi)
ReligionIslam

Early life

Amina was the youngest daughter of Nawab Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal. She married Zainuddin Ahmad Khan. They had two sons, Mirza Mehdi Ekram ud-Doulah and Siraj ud-Daulah.[2] Her husband, Zainuddin Ahmad Khan was appointed the Naib Nazim (governor) of Patna by her father, the Nawab of Bengal.[3]

Career

Amina was captured by Afghan rebels after they killed her husband. She was captured along with her two sons. They were rescued by the Nawab of Bengal, Alivardi Khan, who led an expedition against the Afghans. Her son Siraj would go on to become the Nawab of Bengal. After her son was defeated by the British East India Company and their ally Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, she was imprisoned along with her other family members including her mother, sister, and daughter-in-law. The captives were exiled from Murshidabad to Dhaka (then called Jahangirnagar) in 1758 and kept confined in the Jinjira Palace.[2][4]

Death

Miran, the son of Mir Jafar ordered their release and recalled them to Murshidabad in 1760. On their way from Dhaka by boat, Amina Begum died when her boat was sunk on the orders of Miran.[2][5] She was buried beside her family in Khoshbagh, Murshidabad.[6]

References
  1. Khan, Abdul Majed (2007). The Transition in Bengal, 1756-75: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan. Cambridge University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780521049825.
  2. Karim, KM. "Amina Begum". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. Chaudhury, Sushil (2016). Trade, Politics and Society: The Indian Milieu in the Early Modern Era. Taylor & Francis. p. 252. ISBN 9781351997287. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. "Jinjira Palace: A tale lost in time". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. Sengupta, Nitish K. (2011). Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. Penguin Books India. p. 176. ISBN 9780143416784. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. "The Tombs of Murshidabad". The Daily Star. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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