# List of Mughal empresses

This is a list of Mughal empresses. Most of these empresses were either from branches of the Timurid dynasty, from the royal houses or families of Persian nobles. Alongside Mughal emperors, these empresses played a role in the building up and rule of the Mughal Empire in South Asia, from the early 16th century to the early 18th century. The Mughal Empire mainly corresponds in the present day to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Nepal.

## Mughal empresses

| Name | Parent(s) | Birth name | Origin | Place of Origin | Marriage | Spouse |
| Aisha Sultan Begum | Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Qutak Begum | unknown | Timurid | Samarqand | 1499 | Babur |
| Zainab Sultan Begum | Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Khanzada Begum | unknown | Timurid | Samarqand | 1504 | Babur |
| Maham Begum | unknown | unknown | Persian | | 1506 | Babur |
| Masuma Sultan Begum | Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Habiba Sultan Begum | unknown | Timurid | Samarqand | 1507 | Babur |
| Bibi Mubarika | Malik Shah Mansur Yusufzai | unknown | Pashtun | unknown | 1519 | Babur |
| Bega Begum | Yadgar Beg | unknown | Persian | Khorasan | 1527 | Humayun |
| Hamida Banu Begum | Shaikh Ali Akbar Jami and Mah Afroz Begum | unknown | Persian | unknown | 1541 | Humayun |
| Mah Chuchak Hujur Begum | unknown | unknown | Mongol | unknown | 1546 | Humayun |
| Ruqaiya Sultan Begum | Hindal Mirza and Sultanam Begum | | Timurid | unknown | 1556 | Akbar |
| Salima Sultan Begum | Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza and Gulrukh Begum | | Naqshbandi | unknown | 1561 | Akbar |
| Mariam-uz-Zamani | Raja Bharmal of Amber and Rani Champavati | Unknown | Kachhwaha | Amber | 1562 | Akbar |
| Manbhavati Bai | Raja Bhagwant Das of Amber | Man Bai | Kachhwaha | Amber | 1585 | Jahangir |
| Jagat Gosain | Raja Udai Singh of Marwar and Rani Kachavat Manrang Devi | Manavati Bai | Rathore | Jodhpur or Phalodi | 1586 | Jahangir |
| Sahib Jamal | Khwaja Hasan | unknown | Turkish | Herat | 1586 | Jahangir |
| Malika Jahan | Rawal Bhim Singh of Jaisalmer | unknown | Bhati | Jaisalmer | 1587 | Jahangir |
| Nur-un-Nissa Begum | Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Gulrukh Begum | | Timurid | Khorasan | 1593 | Jahangir |
| Khas Mahal | Zain Khan Koka | unknown | Iranian | unknown | 1596 | Jahangir |
| Saliha Banu Begum | Qaim Khan | unknown | unknown | unknown | 1608 | Jahangir |
| Nur Jahan | Mirza Ghiyas Beg and Asmat Begum | Mehr-un-nissa | Persian | Kandahar | 1611 | Jahangir |
| Mihr-un-nissa Begum | Sher Afgan Khan and Nur Jahan | unknown | Turkoman | unknown | 1621 | Shahryar Mirza |
| Kandahari Begum | Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi | unknown | Safavid Persian | Kandahar | 1610 | Shah Jahan |
| Mumtaz Mahal | Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan and Diwanji Begum | Arjumand Banu Begum | Persian | Agra | 1612 | Shah Jahan |
| Akbarabadi Mahal | Mirza Iraj | Izz-un-Nissa | Turkoman | Agra | 1617 | Shah Jahan |
| Dilras Banu Begum | Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi and Nauras Banu Begum | unknown | Safavid Persian | unknown | 1637 | Aurangzeb |
| Nawab Bai | Raja Tajuddin Khan of Rajauri (disputed) | Rahmat-un-Nissa | Jarral | unknown | 1638 | Aurangzeb |
| Aurangabadi Mahal | unknown | unknown | Georgian or Circassian | unknown | unknown | Aurangzeb |
| Rahmat Banu Begum | Swargadeo Sutamla of Ahom kingdom and Pakhori Gabharu | Ramani Gabharu | Ahom | Ahom kingdom | 1668 | Muhammad Azam Shah |
| Jahanzeb Banu Begum | Dara Shikoh and Nadira Banu Begum | unknown | Timurid | Agra | 1669 | Muhammad Azam Shah |
| Shahar Banu Begum | Ali Adil Shah II and Khurshida Khanum | unknown | Adilshahi | Bijapur | 1672 | Muhammad Azam Shah |
| Nur-un-Nissa Begum | Mirza Sanjar Khan and Zinat-i-Alam Begum | unknown | Persian | Khorasan | 1659 | Bahadur Shah I |
| Imtiaz Mahal | Khasusiyat Khan | Lal Kunwar | unknown | unknown | unknown | Jahandar Shah |
| Indira Kanwar | Ajit Singh of Marwar | Indira Kanwar | Rathore | Jodhpur | 1715 | Farrukhsiyar |
| Badshah Begum | Farrukhsiyar and Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum | unknown | Timurid | Agra | 1721 | Muhammad Shah |
| Sahiba Mahal | Sayid Salabat Khan and Safa Begum | unknown | Turkish | unknown | 1722 | Muhammad Shah |
| Qudsia Begum | unknown | Udham Bai | unknown | unknown | unknown | Muhammad Shah |
| Zeenat Mahal | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 1840 | Bahadur Shah Zafar |