Begum (name)

Begum is a female title which is also used in Mirza families/lineages, Daughter of Beg or Wife of Beg, a given name and surname.

Historic title

Some examples of women with the title of Begum for example Nawabs of Bhopal or Begum of Bhopal.

Women with the title Begum include:

  • Aisha Sultan Begum, Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the first wife of Emperor Babur
  • Badshah Begum (c. 1703 – 1789), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire 1721-1748 as the first wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
  • Bakht-un-Nissa Begum (c. 1547 - 1608), a Mughal princess, the daughter of Mughal emperor Humayun
  • Bakshi Banu Begum (born 1540), Mughal princess and was the second daughter of Emperor Humayun
  • Bega Begum (c. 1511 – 1582), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire 1530-1540 and 1555-1556 as the first wife and chief consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
  • Begum Hazrat Mahal (c. 1820 – 1879), also called as Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
  • Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–1706), Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
  • Ghaseti Begum, the eldest daughter of Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during 1740-1758
  • Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 1603), Mughal princess and the youngest daughter of Emperor Babur
  • Hamida Banu Begum (c. 1527 – 1604), wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
  • Jahanara Begum (1614–1681), Mughal princess and the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan
  • Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah
  • Kandahari Begum (1593 – ?), first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
  • Khanzada Begum (c. 1478 – 1545), a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana
  • Lutfunnisa Begum, the second wife of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal
  • Mah Chuchak Begum (died 1564), wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
  • Maham Begum (died 1534), Empress of Mughal Empire 1526-1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Babur
  • Masuma Sultan Begum (died 1509), Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fourth wife of Emperor Babur
  • Nadira Banu Begum (1618–1659), Mughal princess and the wife of Crown prince Dara Shukoh
  • Nur-un-Nissa Begum (wife of Jahangir), (born c. 1570), a Timurid princess, the daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza. She was empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir
  • Roshanara Begum (1617–1671), Mughal princess and the second daughter of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his chief consort, Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
  • Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (c. 1542 – 1626), empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 1557 to 1605 as the first wife and chief consort of the third Mughal emperor Akbar
  • Saliha Banu Begum (died 1620), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Emperor Jahangir
  • Shah Begum (wife of Jahangir) (c. 1570 - 1604), meaning 'The Royal Lady', was the first wife of Prince Salim Mirza future Emperor Jahangir
  • Salima Sultan Begum (1539–1613), fourth wife of Emperor Akbar
  • Yakhan Begum, a Karkiya princess, daughter of the last Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (r. 1538–1592)
  • Zainab Sultan Begum, Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Kabul as the second wife of the first Emperor Babur.

Contemporary (20th century title)

  • Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (1906–2000), fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
  • Humaira Begum (1918–2002), wife and first cousin of King Mohammed Zahir Shah and the last Queen consort of Afghanistan
  • Mah Parwar Begum (died 1941), Queen of Afghanistan

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