Back জাহানজেব বানু বেগম Bengali/Bangla Džahanzeb Banu Begum Czech Jahanzeb Banu Spanish Jahanzeb Banu Begum Basque जहाँज़ेब बानो बेगम Hindi ਜਹਾਨਜ਼ੇਬ ਬਾਨੂ ਬੇਗ਼ਮ Punjabi جہانزیب بانو بیگم PNB جہانزیب بانو بیگم Urdu Jahonzebbonu begim Uzbek
| Jahanzeb Banu Begum | |||||
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| Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire | |||||
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| Died | March 1705 Gujarat, India | ||||
| Burial | Khuldabad, India | ||||
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| House | Timurid (by birth) | ||||
| Father | Dara Shikoh | ||||
| Mother | Nadira Banu Begum | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), popularly known as Jani Begum,[1] was a Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah,[2] the heir-apparent to Emperor Aurangzeb, who briefly became Mughal emperor in 1707.
The Italian writer and traveller, Niccolao Manucci, who worked under her father, described her as being beautiful and courageous.[3]
- ^ Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1972). Southern India, 1645-1669. Orient Longman. p. 215.
- ^ Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1933). Studies in Aurangzib's reign: (being Studies in Mughal India, first series). Orient Longman. p. 44.
- ^ Annie Krieger-Krynicki (2005). Captive princess: Zebunissa, daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb. Oxford University Press. p. 190.