Shah Begum

Shah Begum
Princess of Badakhshan
Queen consort of Moghulistan
Tenure1461 – 1487
BornBadakhshan
Diedc. 1508
Badakhshan
SpouseYunus Khan
IssueMahmud Khan
Ahmad Alaq
Sultan Nigar Khanum
Daulat Sultan Khanum
Names
Shah
HouseHouse of Borjigin (by marriage)
FatherSultan Muhammad
ReligionIslam

Shah Begum (Persian: شاہ بیگم; died 1508) was the Queen consort of Moghulistan as the second wife of Yunus Khan,[1] a descendant of Chaghatai Khan, the second son of Genghis Khan. She was the mother of Mahmud Khan and Ahmad Alaq, the next Moghul Khans of Moghulistan.[2]

  1. ^ University of Allahabad (1974). University of Allahabad Studies, Volume 6. p. 171.
  2. ^ The history of Káshgharia. 1875. p. 55.