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{{short description|Mughal princess, granddaughter of emperor Jahangir}}
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| father = [[Khusrau Mirza]]
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'''Hoshmand Banu Begum''' ({{lang-fa|هوشمند بانو بیگم}}; born {{circa}} 1605), meaning "The Prudent Lady",<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland|year=1981|pages=278}}</ref> was a Mughal princess, the daughter of Prince [[Khusrau Mirza]], and the granddaughter of Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]].

==Early life==
Hoshmand Banu Begum was born in 1605. Jahangir noted in his memoirs that the astrologers told him that her birth would not be auspicious for her father but would be auspicious for him. Jahangir met her when she turned three, as the astrologers had augured.<ref>{{cite book|first=Emperor|last=Jahangir|first2=Alexander|last2=Rogers|first3=Henry|last3=Beveridge|title=The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri; or, Memoirs of Jahangir. Translated by Alexander Rogers. Edited by Henry Beveridge|url=https://archive.org/details/b29352423_0001|publisher=London Royal Asiatic Society|year=1909|pages=[https://archive.org/details/b29352423_0001/page/149 149]}}</ref>

==Marriage==
In 1625, Prince [[Hushang Mirza]], the second son of Prince [[Daniyal Mirza]], and the grandson of Akbar, paid homage at the court. His elder brother Prince Tahmuras Mirza also attained the honour of paying homage. In order to honour them, Jahangir married Hoshmand Banu to Hushang, and [[Bahar Banu Begum]], his own daughter to Tahmuras.<ref>{{cite book|first=Emperor |last=Jahangir|first2=Wheeler McIntosh|last2=Thackston|title=The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India|url=https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha |publisher=Washington, D. C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; New York: Oxford University Press|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha/page/436 436]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Khwaja Kamgar|last=Husaini|title=Ma'asir-i-Jahangiri: A contemporary account of Jahangir (Persian), edited by Azra Alvi|publisher=Asia Publishing House, Mumbai|year=1978|pages=294}}</ref>

After the death of her grandfather Jahangir on 28 October 1627, her uncle Prince [[Shahryar Mirza]] proclaimed himself the emperor. However, her brother [[Dawar Bakhsh]], ascended the throne at [[Lahore]]. [[Shah Jahan]] ascended the throne on 19 January 1628, and on 23 January, he ordered the execution of Shahryar, her husband Hushang Mirza and his brother Tahmuras Mirza, and her brothers [[Dawar Bakhsh]], and Garshasp Mirza.<ref>{{cite book|title= Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|publisher=The Society|year=1869|pages=217–8}}</ref>

As a widow, Hoshmand Banu Begum lived into Shah Jahan's reign.<ref>{{cite book|first=Motamad|last=Khan|title=Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri (Persian), edited by Mawlawis Abd-al Haii and Ahmad Ali|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta|year=1865|pages=306}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Mughal princesses]]
[[Category:1605 births]]
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[[Category:Mughal nobility]]
[[Category:Timurid dynasty]]
[[Category:Indian female royalty]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian people]]

Hoshmand Banu Begum - Revision history

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