Asmat Begum

Asmat Begum
Died10 October 1621
Agra, India
Burial
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra
SpouseMirza Ghias Beg
IssueMuhammad Sharif
Ibrahim Khan Fath Jang
Itiqad Khan
Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan
Nur Jahan
Manija Begum
Sahlia Begum
FatherMirza Ala-ud-Daula Aqa Mulla
ReligionShia Islam

Asmat Begum (died 1621) was the wife of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, the Prime minister of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and the mother of Mughal empress Nur Jahan, the power behind the emperor.[1] Asmat Begum was also the paternal grandmother of Empress Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj Mahal was built.

  1. ^ Thackeray, Frank W.; Findling, John E., eds. (2012). Events that formed the modern world : from the European Renaissance through the War on Terror. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 254. ISBN 9781598849011.