This list includes the biological mothers of Mughal emperors. There were nineteen emperors of the Mughal Empire in thirteen generations.[1] Throughout the 331-year history of the Mughal Empire the emperors were all members of the same house, the house of Timurid.
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Name (birth name) |
Son |
Ethnicity |
Place of origin |
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum |
Babur |
Turkic-Mongol |
Moghulistan, Chagatai Khanate |
Maham Begum |
Humayun |
Turkic-Mongol |
Khorasan, Persia |
Hamida Banu Begum (Maryam Makani) |
Akbar |
Persian |
Khorasan, Persia |
Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani |
Jahangir |
Rajput |
Amber, Mughal Empire |
Manavati Bai (Bilqis Makani) |
Shah Jahan |
Rajput |
Marwar, Mughal Empire |
Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) |
Aurangzeb |
Persian |
Agra, Mughal Empire |
Rabia-ud-Daurani (Dilras Banu Begum) |
Azam Shah |
Safavid Persian |
Mughal Empire |
Nawab Bai (Rahmat-un-Nissa) |
Bahadur Shah I |
Kashmiri Muslim |
Rajauri, Kashmir |
Nizam Bai |
Jahandar Shah |
Hyderabadi Muslims |
Hyderabad, Golconda Sultanate |
Sahiba Niswan Begum |
Farrukhsiyar |
Kashmiri |
Kashmir, Mughal Empire |
Nur-un-Nissa Begum |
Rafi ud-Darajat |
Persian |
Khurasan, Persia |
Qudsia ul-Alqab Hazrat Begum (Fakhr un-nisa) |
Muhammad Shah |
Muslim |
Mughal Empire |
Qudsia Begum (Udham Bai) |
Ahmad Shah Bahadur |
Shia Islam |
Mughal Empire |
Anup Bai |
Alamgir II |
Hindu |
Mughal Empire |
Rushqimi Begum |
Shah Jahan III |
Muslim |
Mughal Empire |
Zinat Mahal (Bilal Kunar) |
Shah Alam II |
Hindu |
Mughal Empire |
Qudsia Begum (unknown) |
Akbar Shah II |
Muslim |
Mughal Empire |
Lal Bai |
Bahadur Shah II |
Hindu |
Mughal Empire |
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