Hazrat Begum

Hazrat Begum
Shahdukht of the Mughal Empire
Bornc. 1740
Delhi, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire (modern day India)
Spouse
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(m. 1757; d. 1772)​
HouseTimurid (by birth)
Durrani (by marriage)
FatherMuhammad Shah
MotherSahiba Mahal
ReligionIslam

Hazrat Begum (Persian: حضرت بیگم; Pashto: حضرت بېګم; born c. 1740), also known as Hazrat Mahal[1][2] and Sahiba Begum,[3] was a Mughal princess, as the daughter of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. She was a wife of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the first emir of the Durrani Empire.

  1. ^ Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1964). 1771-1788. 3d ed. 1964. Orient Longman. p. 307.
  2. ^ Dr. B. P. Saha (1997). Begams, Concubines, and Memsahibs. Vikas Publishing House. p. 29. ISBN 9788125902850.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1964). "Fall Of The Mughal Empire, Volume 1". Internet Archive. p. 334. Retrieved 2021-11-01.