Rabih Begum

Rabih Begum, also spelled Rabi Begum, was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Jahandar Shah, the 9th Mughal emperor.

Rabih Begum
Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire
Born1695, Multan, Mughal Empire (modern day Multan, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Died20 May 1710, Delhi, Mughal Empire
HouseTimurid
FatherJahandar Shah
MotherA concubine

Life

Rabih Begum was born in Multan, 1695 to a concubine of Jahandar Shah whose name is not known. She was very intelligent, gifted with the sensitivities of a poet, and well versed in multiple languages, namely Urdu, Persian, and Arabic. She was fond of poetry and literature, and by the time she was 12 years of age, she had memorised all the works of Amir Khusrau, Kabir, and Surdas.

On the 20th of May, 1710, she was betrothed to Bidar Dil Mirza, the son of prince Bidar Bakht Mirza, the subahdar of Gujarat whose father, Muhammad Azam Shah briefly became emperor in 1707. She later died the same year on 7 September 1710.

References

  1. ↑ Lal, Muni (1989). Mini Mughals. Konark Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-220-0174-7.
  2. ↑ Janapathy, V.; Varalakṣmi, Je (2002). Indian Woman Through the Ages. Gyan Publishing House. p. 144. ISBN 978-81-212-0758-4.
  3. ↑ Eraly, Abraham (2000). Emperors of the Peacock throne: the saga of the great mughals. A Penguin book history, India (Rev. ed.). New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-100143-2.
  4. ↑ Encyclopaedia Indica: Later Mughals. Anmol Publications. 1999. p. 290. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.