Rahmat Banu Begum | |||||
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Born | Ramani Gabharu c. 1656 Garhgaon, Ahom kingdom | ||||
Died | c. 1684 (aged 27) Agra, Mughal Empire | ||||
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House | Ahom (by birth) Timurid (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Jayadhwaj Singha | ||||
Mother | Pakhori Gabharu |
Ramani Gabharu (c.1656 – c.1684) was a princess of Kingdom of Assam and the first wife of titular Mughal emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She was sent to the Mughal Emperor as part of the Treaty of Ghilajharighat at the age of seven and was renamed Rahmat Banu Begum after she married Muhammad Azam Shah.
She was the daughter of Chaopha Sutamla, king of Ahom kingdom and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the daughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. She was the niece of Lachit Borphukan and Laluksola Borphukan. She famously resisted Laluksola Borphukan's plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband.