Kandahari Begum

Kandahari Begum
Safavid princess
Queen of the Mughal Empire
Zan-i-Kalan
Bornc. 1593
Kandahar, Kabul Subah, Mughal Empire
(modern-day Afghanistan)
Burial
Kandahari Bagh, Agra
Spouse
(m. 1610)
IssueParhez Banu Begum
HouseSafavid (by birth)
Timurid (by marriage)
FatherSultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi
ReligionShia Islam

Kandahari Begum (also spelled Qandahari Begum; 1593 – ?; also known as Kandahari Mahal; meaning "Lady from Kandahar") was the first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and the mother of his first child, Princess Parhez Banu Begum.


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