Nur-un-Nissa Begum

Nur-un-nissa Begum
Empress of the Mughal Empire
Zan-i-Kalan
BornKhurasan
DiedFebruary 1701
Kabul, Mughal Empire
Spouse
(m. 1659; died 1701)
IssueRafi-ush-Shan
HouseTimurid (by marriage)
FatherMirza Sanjar Khan
MotherZinat-i-Alam Begum
ReligionIslam

Nur-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: نورالنسا بیگم; meaning "Light among women"; died February 1701) was the first wife and chief consort of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I.[1]

She was the mother of his third son, Prince Rafi-ush-Shan, and exercised great influence over her husband.[2] Nur-un-Nissa was also the grandmother of future Emperors Rafi ud-Darajat, Shah Jahan II, and Muhammad Ibrahim. She died in 1701, six years before Bahadur Shah's accession to the throne.

  1. ^ Syed 1977, p. 343.
  2. ^ Irvine 2006, p. 141.