Qutlugh Nigar Khanum

Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
Queen consort of Ferghana Valley
Tenurec. 1475 – 1492
Died10 June 1505 (According to Baburnama)
SpouseUmar Shaikh Mirza II
IssueKhanzada Begum
Babur, Mughal emperor
Names
Qutlugh Nigar
HouseHouse of Borjigin (by birth)
House of Timur (by marriage)
FatherYunus Khan
MotherAisan Daulat Begum
ReligionIslam

Qutlugh Nigar Khanum (Chagatai: قتلغ نگار خانم, also spelled Kutlak Nigar Khanum; d. 1505) was the first wife and chief consort[1] of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the ruler of Ferghana Valley. She was a princess of Moghulistan by birth and was a daughter of Yunus Khan, the Great Khan of Moghulistan.

She was also the mother of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire of India.

  1. ^ Robinson, Annemarie Schimmel (2005). Burzine K. Waghmar (ed.). The empire of the Great Mughals: history, art and culture. Translated by Attwood, Corinne (Revised ed.). Lahore: Sang-E-Meel Pub. p. 144. ISBN 9781861891853.