Khanzada Begum

Khanzada Begum
Timurid princess and Padshah Begum
Painting depicting the reunion of Khanzada Begum and Babur in Kunduz, Afghanistan, c. 1511 AD, Baburnama
Empress consort of the Shaybanid Empire
Tenure1501 – 2 December 1510
Bornc. 1478
Andizhan, Ferghana, Uzbekistan
DiedSeptember 1545 (aged 66–67)
Qandahar, Afghanistan
Burial
SpouseShaybani Khan
Mahdi Khwaja
IssueKhurram Shah
HouseHouse of Timur (by birth)
FatherUmar Sheikh Mirza
MotherQutlugh Nigar Khanum
ReligionSunni Islam

Khanzada Begum (Persian: خانزاده بیگم; c. 1478 – 1545) was a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana. She was also the elder sister of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. She and her brother remained deeply attached to each other all their lives, a period during which the family progressed from ruling a tiny and obscure principality in Central Asia to ruling a large portion of the Indian subcontinent.

Khanzada Begum is frequently mentioned in the Baburnama, her brother's memoirs, and always with affection and respect. She is also frequently mentioned in the Humayun-nama by her niece Gulbadan Begum, who calls her aunt 'Dearest Lady' (aka janam). Many occasions are described where she intervened during political difficulties between her relatives and more specifically her nephews.[1]

  1. ^ Schimmel, Annemarie (2004). The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture. Reaktion Books. p. 145. ISBN 1861891857.