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Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: مهرالنسا بیگم; 28 September 1661 – 2 April 1706), meaning "Sun among women", was a Mughal princess, the fifth daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and his consort Aurangabadi Mahal.

Birth

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum was born on 28 September 1661. Her mother was a concubine named Aurangabadi Mahal. She was the ninth child and fifth daughter born to her father, and the only child of her mother.

Marriage

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum married her first cousin, Izzad Bakhsh Mirza, the son of her paternal uncle Prince Murad Bakhsh Mirza, the youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan. The marriage took place on 7 December 1672, after Izzad Bakhsh's release from the Gwalior fort. The marriage was performed in the presence of Qaz Abdul Wahhab, Shaikh Nizam, Bakhtawar Khan an Darbar Khan. She was the mother of two sons, Princes Dawar Bakhsh Mirza and Dadar Bakhsh Mirza.

Death

Mihr-un-Nissa Begum died on 2 April 1706, a year before her father's death. Her husband also died along with her.

References

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2. Irvine, William. Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 3.
3. Nath, Renuka (1 January 1990). Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D. Inter-India Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-8-121-00241-7.
4. Khan, 'Inayat; Begley, Wayne Edison (1990). The Shah Jahan nama of 'Inayat Khan: an abridged history of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, compiled by his royal librarian: The nineteenth-century manuscript translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, add. 30,777). Oxford University Press. p. 495.
5. Sarkar, Jadunath (1947). Maasir-i-Alamgiri: A History of Emperor Aurangzib-Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. p. 74.
6. Faruqui, Munis D. (27 August 2012). Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504 - 1719. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-139-53675-2.
7. Indian Antiquary, Volume 40. Popular Prakashan. 1911. p. 83.
8. Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1974). History of Aurangzib: Mainly based on Persian sources. Orient Longman. p. 192.

• Mughal princesses
• 1661 births
• 1706 deaths
• 18th-century Indian Muslims
• 17th-century Indian women
• 17th-century Mughal Empire people
• 18th-century Indian women
• Daughters of emperors