Khadija Sultana

Khadija Sultana
Bari Sahib
Consort of the Adil Shahi Sultan
Tenure1633 – 4 November 1656
Regent and mother of Ali Adil Shah II
Reign1656 – late 1650s
Born1600
Died1665/1669
Bijapur, Sultanate of Bijapur
SpouseMohammed Adil Shah
ChildrenAli Adil Shah II
Names
Khadija Sultana Muhammad Qutb Shah
DynastyQutb Shahi (by birth)
Adil Shahi (by marriage)
FatherMuhammad Qutb Shah
ReligionIslam

Khadija Sultana (1600 - died after 1665) was the regent of the Bijapur Sultanate between 1656 and 1661.

She was the daughter of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, married to Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur and possible mother of Ali Adil Shah II, and acted as the regent for him during his minority.[1]

  1. ^ Gijs Kruijtzer, Khadija Sultana, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Khadija [13/01/2014]