Saliha Banu Begum

Saliha Banu Begum
Padshah Begum
Empress consort of the Mughal Empire
Tenure c. 1605 – 1620
Predecessor Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
Successor Nur Jahan
Died c. 1620
Srinagar, Kashmir
Burial Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore
Spouse Jahangir (m. 1591)
House Timurid (by marriage)
Father Qaim Khan
Religion Islam

Saliha Banu Begum (died 1620) was the chief consort and Padshah Begum of the Mughal emperor Jahangir from the time of his accession in 1605 until her death in 1620.[1] She was also known as the Padshah Banu Begum or the Padshah Mahal.[2]

Family

Saliha Banu Begum was the daughter of Qaim Khan,[3] and came from a well placed family in the government as her brother, a man named Abdur Rahim (titled Tarbiyat Khan), was said by Jahangir to be "of the hereditary houseborn ones of this Court."[1]

She was a highly cultured and well educated woman and was fully conversant with the rules and etiquettes of the palace.[4]

Marriage

Saliha married Jahangir in 1591 and bore her husband five children - three daughters and two sons - but none of them lived for more than three months.[5] For much of Jahangir's reign, she was the Padshah Banu Begum, also called Pashah Mahal ("Empress of the Palace"), and when she died in 1620, the title was passed on to Nur Jahan.[1] She was, reportedly, Nur Jahan's only powerful rival for Jahangir's affections.[6]

Death

Saliha Banu Begum died in 1620 in Srinagar, Kashmir. Jahangir noted that Saliha Banu's death was foretold by the astrologer Jotik Rai; grief-stricken at her loss, he nevertheless marvelled at the accuracy of the prophecy, which had been taken from his own horoscope.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Findly, Ellison Banks (1993). Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780195360608.
  2. ↑ Sharma, Sudha (2016). The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India. SAGE Publications India. p. 144. ISBN 9789351505679.
  3. ↑ Lal, K.S. (1988). The Mughal harem. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. p. 27. ISBN 9788185179032.
  4. ↑ Lal, Muni (1983). Jahangir. New Delhi: Vikas. pp. 27 28. ISBN 9780706922714.
  5. ↑ Lal, Muni (1983). Jahangir. New Delhi: Vikas. p. 28. ISBN 9780706922714.
  6. ↑ Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1 January 1932). "Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal". 25. Asiatic Society.: 62.
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