Mihr Nigar Khanum

Mihr Nigar Khanum
Princess of Moghulistan
Consort of Samarkand
consort of Bukhara
consort of the Shaybanid Empire
SpouseSultan Ahmed Mirza
Muhammad Shaybani
Names
Mihr Nigar
HouseBorjigin (by birth)
FatherYunus Khan
MotherAisan Daulat Begum
ReligionIslam

Mihr Nigar Khanum (Chagatai and Persian: مهر نگار خانم) was the first wife of Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the King of Samarkand and Bukhara. She was a princess of Moghulistan by birth and was the eldest daughter of Yunus Khan, the Great Khan of Moghulistan and his chief consort Aisan Daulat Begum. She was also the aunt of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire of India as well as its first Emperor.[1][2]

In July 1500, after her husband's death, she was captured by Muhammad Shaybani, the Khan of the Uzbeks; and was forcibly married to him as part of the spoils.

  1. ^ Bābur (Mogulreich, Kaiser), John Leyden, William Erskine (1826). Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan. Longman.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) (2006). Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor Babur. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-144-00149-1.