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| Mah Chuchak Begum | |
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| Born | Afghanistan |
| Died | 28 March 1564 Bala Hissar, Kabul, Mughal Empire |
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| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mah Chuchak Begum (meaning moon flower;[1] died 28 March 1564) was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun.[2] She was an ambitious lady who threw out the Naib Subadar and ruled Kabul on her own, once leading her army in person and defeating Munim Khan at Jalalabad.[3]
- ^ Annemarie Schimmel (2004). The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-861-89185-3.
- ^ Beveridge, Henry (1907). Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak - Volume II. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 319.
- ^ Rekha Misra (1967). Women in Mughal India, 1526–1748 A.D. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 24.