Who was related to the "Grand Vizier" (Prime minister) of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, that was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 25 May 1611 to 28 October 1627?
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Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan Abu'l-Hasan ( 1569 - 12 June 1641) entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Asaf Khan, was the "Grand Vizier" (Prime minister) of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Asaf Khan was the father of Arjumand Banu Begum (better known by her title Mumtaz Mahal), the chief consort of Shah Jahan and the older brother of Empress Nur Jahan, the chief consort of Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir.
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Nur Jahan Nur Jahan (born Mehr-un-Nissa) (31 May 1577 – 17 December 1645) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 25 May 1611 to 28 October 1627 as the eighteenth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. She was also his most beloved and influential wife and acted as his chief consort and "Padshah Begum", officially from 1620–1627, after the title's previous holder, Saliha Banu Begum (the Padshah Begum for most of Jahangir's reign), died in 1620.
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Lal Kunwar Imtiaz Mahal (Persian: امتیاز محل‎ ‎ ; meaning "distinguished one of the palace") better known by her birth name Lal Kunwar (Hindi: लाल कुंवर ) was the Empress of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah. She was a former dancing girl who exercised supreme influence over the Emperor, encouraged frivolity and pleasure which eventually led to his ignominious downfall.
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Sultan-Agha Khanum Sultan-Agha Khanum (Persian: سلطان آقا خانم‎ , "Soltān-Āqā Xānum " ‎ ) was a Safavid Queen Consort of Circassian origin, as the second wife of Safavid king Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576). She got married to Tahmasp I sometime before 1548, and was the sister of the Safavid-Circassian noble Shamkhal Sultan, as well as the mother of princess Pari Khan Khanum and prince Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan).
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Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I) Gevherhan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: کوھرخان سلطان‎ , 1605 - 1631) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed I (reign 1603–17) and his favourite consort Kösem Sultan.
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Aram Banu Begum Aram Banu Begum (22 December 1584 – 17 June 1624) was a Mughal princess and was the youngest daughter of Emperor Akbar from his wife Bibi Daulat Shad, who was also the mother of Akbar's second daughter, Shakr-un-Nissa Begum. Aram was also the younger half-sister of Emperor Jahangir.
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Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666), a Spanish princess of the House of Habsburg, was queen of France as the wife of Louis XIII and regent for their son, Louis XIV. During her regency (1643–1651), Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister. Accounts of French court life of her era emphasize her difficult marital relations with her husband, her closeness to her son Louis XIV, and her disapproval of her son's marital infidelity to her niece Maria Theresa.
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Taj ul-Alam Sulṭāna Taj ul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah (1612 – 23 October 1675; born Putri Sri Alam) was the fourteenth ruler of Aceh. She was the daughter of the sultan Iskandar Muda and the wife of his successor, Iskandar Thani. She became sulṭāna upon the death of her husband and ruled from 1641 to 1675, being the first of four women to hold the position in succession.
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Gülşah Hatun Gülşah Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: کل شاہ خاتون‎ ; died 1487) was a consort of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire.
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Zainabadi Mahal Zainabadi Mahal (Persian: زين آباد محل‎ ‎ ; died 1654; meaning "Lady from Zainabad") also known as Hira Bai, was a young Christian slave-girl in the keeping of Mir Khalil, who had married a sister of Aurangzeb's mother. She was a favourite concubine of Aurangzeb. Her sweet voice and unparalleled beauty and charmed Aurangzeb to a very great extant. Her early death ended this love story soon.
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Empress Zhou (Ming dynasty) Empress Zhou (10 May 1611 - 24 April 1644), posthumously named Empress Xiaojie, was a Chinese Empress consort of the Ming Dynasty, married to Chongzhen Emperor. She is commonly referred to as Empress Zhou.
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Mirza Shah Abbas Shahzada Mirza Shah Abbas Bahadur (1845 – 25 December 1910) was a prince of the Mughal Empire as the son of Emperor Bahadur Shah II, the last Emperor of India, through his wife Mubarrak-un-Nissa Khanum Begum.
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Wazir Khan (Lahore) Wazir Khan, (real name "Hakim" Shaikh Ilam-ud-din Ansari), was a native of Chiniot, whose family migrated to Lahore and who rose to be one of the court physicians to the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, and was in due course, over a long lifetime of service, made a Mughal noble. He remained Chief Qadi at Lahore for some time.
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Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria Maria Amalia of Austria (26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) was the Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage. Maria Amalia was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She was thus younger sister to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and older sister to Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.
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Hamida Banu Begum Hamida Banu Begum ( 1527 – 29 August 1604, Persian: حمیدہ بانو بیگم‎ , "Ḥamīda Banū Begum " ‎ ) was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and the mother of his successor, the third Mughal emperor Akbar. She is also known by the title Maryam Makani, which was given to her by her son, Akbar.
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Tomb of Asif Khan The Tomb of Asif Khan (Urdu: مقبرہ آصف خان‎ ) is a 17th century mausoleum located in Shahdara Bagh, in the city of Lahore, Punjab. It was built for the Mughal statesman Mirza Abul Hassan Jah, who was titled "Asif Khan". Asif Khan was brother of Nur Jahan, and brother-in-law to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Asif Khan's tomb is located adjacent to the Tomb of Jahangir, and near the Tomb of Nur Jahan. Asif Khan's tomb was built in a Central Asian architectural style, and stands in the centre of a Persian-style Charbagh garden.
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Empress Xia (Ming dynasty) Empress Xiaojingyi (1492–1535), was a Chinese Empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Zhengde Emperor.
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Babur Babur (Persian: بابر‎ , "Bābur ", 'Tiger' ‎ ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad (Persian: ظهیرالدین محمد‎ , "Zahīr ad-Dīn Muhammad " ‎ ), was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the base for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor. He was a direct descendant of Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamurlane) from the Barlas clan, through his father, and also a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother. He was also influenced by the Persian culture and this affected both his own actions and those of his successors, giving rise to a significant expansion of the Persianate ethos in the Indian subcontinent.
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Raziye Hatun Raziye Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: راضیه خاتون‎ ; died in 1597; alias Ayşe) was a lady-in-waiting to Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire.
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Empress Xiaoxianchun Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748) was the first Empress Consort of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
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Mirza Jahan Shah Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahan Shah Bahadur (also known as Prince Mirza Jehan Shah) (1795–1846) was the son of Prince Mirza Akbar, who became the Emperor Akbar Shah II in 1807. He was a younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II and former Crown Princes Mirza Jahangir and Mirza Salim. His mother Selaa'h un-nissa, was the third wife of the Emperor. He was the last Mughal ruler of Assam before Mughals left Assam. The Prince was under house arrest by British where he died at Assam at the age of 51.
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Dilras Banu Begum Dilras Banu Begum (Persian: دلرس‌ بانو بیگم‎ ‎ , Urdu: دلرس بانو بیگم‎ ) ( 1622 – 8 October 1657) was the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Aurangzeb, the last of the great Mughal emperors. She is also known by her posthumous title, Rabia-ud-Daurani ("Rabia of the Age"). The Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad, which bears a striking resemblance to the famous Taj Mahal (the mausoleum of Aurangzeb's mother Mumtaz Mahal), was commissioned by her husband to act as her final resting place.