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This is a '''list of Mughal empresses'''. Most of these empresses were either from branches of the [[Timurid dynasty]] or from the royal houses of the [[Rajputs]]. Alongside [[Mughal emperors]], these empresses played a role in the building up and rule of the [[Mughal Empire]] in [[South Asia]], from the early 16th century to the early 18th century. The Mughal Empire mainly corresponds in the present day to the modern countries of [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Iran]] and [[Nepal]].

==Empresses of Babur==
*[[Aisha Sultan Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harold|first=Lamb|title=Swords from the East.|year=2010|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803229723|page=364}}</ref>
*[[Zainab Sultan Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Harbans Mukhia|title=The Mughals of India|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470758151|page=140}}</ref>
*[[Maham Begum]]{{sfn|Mukhia|2004|p = 124}}
*[[Masuma Sultan Begum]]<ref name="masuma">{{cite book|author=Begum, Gulbadan|author-link=Gulbadan Begum|title=The History of Humayun (Humayun-Nama)|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society|year=1902|page=262}}</ref>
*[[Mubarika Yusufzai]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aftab|first1=Tahera|last2=edited|last3=Hiro|first3=introduced by Dilip|title=Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide|date=2008|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004158498|page=46|edition=[Online-Ausg.].}}</ref>

==Empresses of Humayum==
*[[Bega Begum]]<ref name=Schimmel>{{cite book|author1=Annemarie Schimmel |author2=Burzine K. Waghmar |title=The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture|url=https://archive.org/details/empireofgreatmug00anne |url-access=registration |year=2004|publisher=Reaktion Books|pages=[https://archive.org/details/empireofgreatmug00anne/page/149 149]}}</ref>
*[[Hamida Banu Begum]]<ref name=da>[http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/06/27/d406271502101.htm The Humayun Nama: Gulbadan Begum's forgotten chronicle] Yasmeen Murshed, [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]], 27 June 2004.</ref>
*[[Mah Chuchak Begum]]<ref name="gulbadan">{{cite book|author=Begum, Gulbadan|author-link=Gulbadan Begum|title=The History of Humayun (Humayun-Nama)|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society|year=1902|pages=260}}</ref>

==Empresses of Akbar==
*[[Mariam-uz-Zamani]]
*[[Ruqaiya Sultan Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Ruby|title=Domesticity and power in the early Mughal world|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521850223|page=205}}</ref>
*[[Salima Sultan Begum]]<ref name=Burke>{{cite book|last1=Burke|first1=S. M.|title=Akbar: The Greatest Mogul|date=1989|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers|page=143|language=en}}</ref>
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==Empresses of Jahangir==
*[[Nur Jahan]]<ref>{{harvnb|Banks Findly|1993|p=4}}</ref>
*[[Jagat Gosain]]<ref name = Eraly>{{cite book| last = Eraly| first = Abraham| title = Emperors of the Peacock Throne, The Saga of the Great Mughals
| publisher = Penguin Books India| year = 2007| ISBN = 0141001437| page = 299}}</ref>
*[[Shah Begum (wife of Jahangir)|Shah Begum]]{{sfn|Prasad|1930|p=29}}
*[[Sahib Jamal]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Balabanlilar|first=Lisa|title=Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia|publisher=I.B. Tauris|location=London|isbn=9781848857261|page=10}}</ref>
*[[Nur-un-Nissa Begum (wife of Jahangir)|Nur-un-Nissa Begum]]{{sfn|Beveridge|1907|p=969-970}}
*[[Saliha Banu Begum]]<ref name="Findly">{{cite book|last1=Findly|first1=Ellison Banks|title=Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India|date=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780195360608|page=125}}</ref>
*[[Khas Mahal]]

==Empress of Shahryar Mirza==
*[[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]]{{sfn|Nicoll|2009|p=118}}

==Empresses of Shah Jahan==
*[[Mumtaz Mahal]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lach|first1=Donald F.|last2=Kley|first2=Edwin J. Van|title=Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 2, South Asia|date=1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226466972|page=689|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kandahari Begum]]{{sfn|Nicoll|2009|p=74}}
*[[Izz-un-Nissa|Akbarabadi Mahal]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blake|first1=Stephen P.|title=Shahjahanabad : the sovereign city in Mughal India, 1639-1739|date=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521522991|page=63}}</ref>

==Empresses of Aurangzeb==
*[[Dilras Banu Begum]]<ref name=Sarkar1912>{{cite book|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sir Jadunath|title=History of Aurangzib Vol. I|date=1912|publisher=M.C. Sarkar & Sons|location=Calcutta|page=61|url=https://jambudveep.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/history-of-aurangzeb-vol-1.pdf}}</ref>
*[[Nawab Bai]]<ref>{{cite book|title=South Asia Papers - Volume 2|publisher=South Asian Institute, University of Punjab|year=1978|pages=96}}</ref>
*[[Aurangabadi Mahal]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Sir Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=1618-1659|publisher=Orient Longman|date=1973|pages=34}}</ref>

==Empresses of Azam Shah==
*[[Jahanzeb Banu Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sir Jadunath|title=Studies in Aurangzib's reign: (being Studies in Mughal India, first series)|date=1933|publisher=Orient Longman|page=44|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rahmat Banu Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Suryya Kumar|last=Bhuyan|title=Atan Buragohain and His Times: A History of Assam, from the Invasion of Nawab Mir Jumla in 1662-63, to the Termination of Assam-Mogul Conflicts in 1682|publisher=Lawyer's Book stall|year=1957|pages=31}}</ref>
*[[Shahar Banu Begum]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Sudha|last=Sharma|title=The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India|publisher=SAGE Publications India|date=March 21, 2016|pages=82|isbn=978-9-351-50567-9}}</ref>

==Empress of Bahadur Shah I==
*[[Nur-un-Nissa Begum]]{{sfn|Syed|1977|p=343}}

==Empress of Jahandar Shah==
*[[Lal Kunwar|Lal Kunwar Begum]]<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Later Mughals|date=1971|publisher=Munishram Manoharlal|location=New Delhi|pages=180, 192–197|oclc=952981690|last1=Irvine|first1=William}}</ref>

==Empress of Farrukhsiyar==
*[[Indira Kanwar]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=R.K. Gupta |author2=S.R. Bakshi |title=Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan Through The Ages The Heritage Of Rajputs (Set Of 5 Vols.)|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC |publisher=Sarup & Sons|date=1 January 2008|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC/page/n227 219]|isbn=978-8-176-25841-8}}</ref>

==Empresses of Shah Rangila==
*[[Badshah Begum]]<ref name="Sarkar97">{{cite book|last1=Sarkar|first1=Jadunath|title=Fall of the Mughal Empire.|date=1997|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=9788125011491|page=169|edition=4th}}</ref>
*[[Sahiba Mahal]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
*[[Qudsia Begum]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Empress of Bahadur Shah Zafar==
*[[Zeenat Mahal]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Banks Findly|first=Ellison|date=11 February 1993|title=Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Nur Jahan : Empress of Mughal India|isbn=9780195074888}}
*{{cite book|first=Beni|last=Prasad|title=History of Jahangir|publisher=The Indian Press |location=Allahbad|year=1930}}
* {{cite book|last=Beveridge|first=Henry|title=Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak – Volume III|year=1907|publisher=Asiatic Society, Calcutta}}
*{{cite book |last=Mukhia |first=Harbans |author-link=Harbans Mukhia |date=2004 |title=The Mughals of India |location=Malden, MA |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0-631-18555-0 }}
* {{cite book |last=Nicoll |first=Fergus |author-link=Fergus Nicoll |year=2009 |title=Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor |location=London |publisher=Haus |isbn=978-1-906598-18-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Syed|first=Anees Jahan|title=Aurangzeb in Muntakhab-al Lubab|publisher=Somaiya Publications|year=1977}}

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