page_title: Mariam-uz-Zamani
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Mariam-uz-Zamani / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: ASI Monument number IN-UP-A66 This is a photo of ASI monument number&#160; IN-UP-A66.
context_page_description: Mariam-uz-Zamani, was a wife of the Mughal emperor Akbar. She has also been referred to by several other names, including Hira Kunwari, Harkha Bai and Jodha Bai.
  Born a Hindu-Rajput princess, in 1562, Mariam-uz-Zamani was offered in marriage to Akbar by her father, Raja Bharmal of Amber. The wedding, held in Sambhar, was a political one and was a sign of complete submission of her father to his imperial overlord. Her marriage to Akbar led to a gradual shift in his religious and social policy. She is widely regarded in modern Indian historiography as exemplifying Akbar's and the Mughals' tolerance of religious differences and their inclusive policies within an expanding multi-ethnic and multi-denominational empire.
  She was to become the mother of Akbar's eldest surviving son and eventual successor, Jahangir.
context_section_description: Mariam-uz-Zamani died in 1623. The grave itself is underground with a flight of steps leading to it. Her tomb, built in 1623–27, is on the Tantpur road now known as in Jyoti Nagar. Mariam's Tomb, commissioned by her son, is only a kilometre from Tomb of Akbar the Great.
  The Mosque of Mariam Zamani Begum Sahiba was built by Jahangir in her honour and is situated in the Walled City of Lahore, present day Pakistan.
caption: Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani, Sikandra, Agra
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