Masuma Sultan Begum | |
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Timurid princess Queen consort of the Ferghana Valley Queen consort of the Samarkand | |
Died | c. 1508 Kabul, Afghanistan |
Spouse | |
Issue | Masuma Sultan Begum |
House | Timurid (by birth) |
Father | Sultan Ahmed Mirza |
Mother | Habiba Sultan Begum |
Religion | Islam |
Masuma Sultan Begum (d. c. 1508) was the Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fourth wife of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.
Masuma was a first cousin of her husband and was a Timurid princess by birth. She was the fifth and youngest daughter of Babur's paternal uncle, Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the King of Samarkand and Bukhara.