Safavid Princess Consort of the Mughal Empire Zan-i-Kalan
Born
c. 1622[1]
Died
8 October 1657(1657-10-08) (aged 34–35) Aurangabad, India
Burial
Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad
Spouse
Aurangzeb
(m. 1637)
Issue
Zeb-un-Nissa
Zinat-un-Nissa
Zubdat-un-Nissa
Muhammad Azam Shah
Sultan Muhammad Akbar
House
Safavid (by birth) Mughal (by marriage)
Father
Shah Nawaz Khan Safavi
Mother
Nauras Banu Begum
Religion
Shia Islam
Dilras Banu Begum (Urdu pronunciation:[dɪlrəsˈbaːnuːˈbeːgəm]; c. 1622 – 8 October 1657) was the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Aurangzeb,[2][3][4][5] the sixth Mughal emperor.[6] She is also known by her posthumous title, Rabia-ud-Durrani ("Rabia of the Age"). The Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad, which bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal (the mausoleum of Aurangzeb's mother Mumtaz Mahal), was commissioned by her husband to act as her final resting place.[7]
Dilras was a member of the Safavid dynasty of Persia and was the daughter of Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi (titled Shahnawaz Khan), a descendant of Shah Ismail I, who served as the viceroy of Gujarat. She married Prince Muhi-ud-din (later known as 'Aurangzeb' upon his accession) in 1637 and bore him five children, including: Muhammad Azam Shah (the heir apparent anointed by Aurangzeb),[8] who temporarily succeeded his father as Mughal emperor, the gifted poet Princess Zeb-un-Nissa (Aurangzeb's favourite daughter),[9] Princess Zinat-un-Nissa (titled Padshah Begum), and Sultan Muhammad Akbar, the Emperor's best-loved son.[10]
Dilras died possibly of puerperal fever in 1657, a month after giving birth to her fifth child, Muhammad Akbar,[11] and just a year before her husband ascended the throne after a fratricidal war of succession.
^Paranjape, Makarand R. (2016). Cultural Politics in Modern India: Postcolonial Prospects, Colourful Cosmopolitanism, Global Proximities. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 9781317352167.
^Eraly, Abraham (2007). The Mughal World: Life in India's Last Golden Age. Penguin Books India. p. 147. ISBN 9780143102625.
^Chandra, Satish (2002). Parties and politics at the Mughal Court, 1707-1740. Oxford University Press. p. 50.
^Koch, Ebba (1997). King of the world: the Padshahnama. Azimuth Ed. p. 104.
^Nath, Renuka (1990). Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D. New Delhi: Inter-India Publ. p. 148.
^"Aurangzeb". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
^Eraly, Abraham (2008). The Mughal world: India's tainted paradise. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 376.
^Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1925). Anecdotes of Aurangzib. M.C. Sarkar & Sons. p. 21.
^Krynicki, p. 73
^Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1919). Studies in Mughal India. W. Heffer and Sons. p. 91.
DilrasBanuBegum (Urdu pronunciation: [dɪlrəsˈbaːnuː ˈbeːgəm]; c. 1622 – 8 October 1657) was the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Aurangzeb, the...
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Badr-un-Nissa Begum. Although she had given birth to Aurangzeb's first son, still his first wife, the Persian princess, DilrasBanuBegum, remained his...
was married to his first cousin, Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum, the daughter of Aurangzeb and DilrasBanuBegum. The marriage was conducted in the presence of the...
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the city, which is the burial mausoleum of Emperor Aurangzeb's wife DilrasBanuBegum, also known as Rabia-ud-Daurani. It is an imitation of the Taj Mahal...
pp. 149. The Humayun Nama: Gulbadan Begum's forgotten chronicle Yasmeen Murshed, The Daily Star, 27 June 2004. Begum, Gulbadan (1902). The History of Humayun...
27 January 2017. In 1565 the previous queen of the Mughal Dynasty, Haji Begum, ordered the construction of the largest and the most splendid mausoleum...
him is that of Bibi Ka Maqbara, the mausoleum of Aurangzeb's wife DilrasBanuBegum, completed in 1660-1661. Makramat Khan, a collaborator of his father...
throughout time and show what influential roles women have played in it. DilrasBanuBegum (1622–1657) was the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Aurangzeb...
August 1670 in Agra to Prince Muhammad Azam and his wife, Jahanzeb "Jani" BanuBegum. He was named Bidar Bakht by Emperor Aurangzeb, his paternal grandfather...
and wife of Darius III, died in captivity. Balendukht (5th century) DilrasBanuBegum (1657), chief consort of Aurangzeb Lady of Cao (450 AD) Olympia Rizal...
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1922, p. 342. Irvine 1922, p. 146. Nath & Nath 2018, pp. 93–94. Gulbadan, Begum (1902). The History of Humāyūn (Humāyūn-Nāmā). Translated by Beveridge,...