Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum

Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum
Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire
Born	23 September 1597; Kashmir, Mughal Empire
Died	c. 1603 (aged 5); Allahabad, Mughal Empire
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Jahangir
Mother	Jagat Gosain
Religion	Sunni Islam

Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum (Persian: لذت النسا, lit. 'Delight Among Women') (23 September 1597 – c. 1603) was a Mughal princess, the youngest daughter of Emperor Jahangir and his Rathore wife, Jagat Gosain. She was also the full sister of Emperor Shah Jahan.

Life

Born on 23 September 1597, Luzzat was the youngest daughter of Prince Salim (later Jahangir), the eldest surviving son of Mughal Emperor Akbar.^[1]^[2] Her mother was the Rathore princess, Jagat Gosain (Bilqis Makani in official chronicles), the tenth daughter of Udai Singh Rathore, the Raja of Marwar. She was born at Kashmir on the return journey of the Royal entourage of her grandfather, Akbar, towards Lahore.^[1]

She had two older full-siblings, Begum Sultan, who died infancy and Prince Khurram, who succeeded their father to throne.

Death

Luzzat-un-Nissa died at the age of 5, c. 1603, during the rebellion of her father.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum

8. Nasir-ud-din Muhammad Humayun, Mughal Emperor^[8]

4. Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, Mughal Emperor^[4]

9. Hamida Banu Begum^[8]

2. Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, Mughal Emperor^[3]

10. Bharmal, Raja of Amber^[9]

5. Mariam-uz-Zamani^[5]

11. Rani Champavati Solanki^[10]^[11]

1. Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum

12. Maldeo, Rao of Marwar^[12]

6. Udai Singh, Raja of Marwar^[6]

13. Swarup Devi of Khairawa^[13]

3. Jagat Gosain^[3]

14. Askaran, Raja of Narwar^[14] (nephew of 10)

7. Manrang Devi^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. III. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 1094.
^ ^a ^b Emperor, Jahangir (1829). Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangir. Translated by Price, David. p. 21.
^ ^a ^b Findly, Ellison Banks (1993). Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-19-536060-8.
^ Jahangir (1909–1914). The Tūzuk-i-Jahangīrī Or Memoirs Of Jahāngīr. Translated by Alexander Rogers; Henry Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ Jahangir (1909–1914, p. 1)
^ The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India. Translated by Thackston, Wheeler M. New York [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. 1999. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-512718-8.
^ Bhargava, Visheshwar Sarup (1966). Marwar and the Mughal Emperors (A. D. 1526–1748). Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 58. ISBN 978-81-215-0400-3.
^ ^a ^b Gulbadan Begum (1902). The History of Humayun (Humayun-nama). Translated by Annette Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society. pp. 157–58.
^ Syad Muhammad Latif, Agra: Historical and descriptive with an account of Akbar and his court and of the modern city of Agra (2003), p.156
^ C. M. Agrawal, Akbar and his Hindu officers: a critical study (1986), p.27
^ Jadunath Sarkar, A History of Jaipur (1994), p. 43
^ 'Inayat Khan, Wayne Edison Begley, 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 (1994), p. 4
^ Rajvi Amar Singh, Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan (1992), p.38
^ Richard Saran and Norman P. Ziegler, The Mertiyo Rathors of Merto, Rajasthan (2001), p.194

[:0-1] Fazl, Abul. The Akbarnama. Vol. III. Translated by Beveridge, Henry. Calcutta: ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. p. 1094.

[:1-2] Emperor, Jahangir (1829). Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangir. Translated by Price, David. p. 21.

[Findly_1993_125-3] Findly, Ellison Banks (1993). Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-19-536060-8.

[tuzk-e-jahangiri-4] Jahangir (1909–1914). The Tūzuk-i-Jahangīrī Or Memoirs Of Jahāngīr. Translated by Alexander Rogers; Henry Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[5] Jahangir (1909–1914, p. 1)

[Thackston-6] The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India. Translated by Thackston, Wheeler M. New York [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. 1999. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-512718-8.

[Bhargava1966-7] Bhargava, Visheshwar Sarup (1966). Marwar and the Mughal Emperors (A. D. 1526–1748). Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 58. ISBN 978-81-215-0400-3.

[Gulbadan1902-8] Gulbadan Begum (1902). The History of Humayun (Humayun-nama). Translated by Annette Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society. pp. 157–58.

[9] Syad Muhammad Latif, Agra: Historical and descriptive with an account of Akbar and his court and of the modern city of Agra (2003), p.156

[10] C. M. Agrawal, Akbar and his Hindu officers: a critical study (1986), p.27

[11] Jadunath Sarkar, A History of Jaipur (1994), p. 43

[12] 'Inayat Khan, Wayne Edison Begley, 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 (1994), p. 4

[13] Rajvi Amar Singh, Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan (1992), p.38

[14] Richard Saran and Norman P. Ziegler, The Mertiyo Rathors of Merto, Rajasthan (2001), p.194

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Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire
Born	23 September 1597 Kashmir, Mughal Empire
Died	c. 1603 (aged 5) Allahabad, Mughal Empire
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Jahangir
Mother	Jagat Gosain
Religion	Sunni Islam