Jahan afruz banu begum
Nadira Banu Begum
Mughal princess and wife of Dara Shikoh
Nadira Banu Begum (14 March 1618 – 6 June 1659) was a Mughal princess and the wife of Crown Prince Dara Shikoh,[1] the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.[2] After Aurangzeb's rise to power, Dara Shikoh's immediate family and supporters were in danger. Nadira died in 1659, a few months before her husband's execution, and was survived by two sons and a daughter.
Family and lineage
Nadira Banu Begum was born a Mughal princess and the daughter of Sultan Parvez Mirza,[3][4] the second son of Emperor Jahangir from his wife Sahib-i-Jamal Begum.[5] Her mother, Jahan Banu Begum, was also a Mughal princess and the daughter of Sultan Murad Mirza, the second son of Emperor Akbar.[6] Nadira was a half-cousin of her future husband, Dara Shikoh, as her father was the older half-brother of Shikoh's father, Shah Jahan.[7]