Kandahari Begum | |
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Safavid princess Queen of the Mughal Empire Zan-i-Kalan | |
Born | c. 1593 Kandahar, Kabul Subah, Mughal Empire (modern-day Afghanistan) |
Burial | Kandahari Bagh, Agra |
Spouse | |
Issue | Parhez Banu Begum |
House | Safavid (by birth) Timurid (by marriage) |
Father | Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi |
Religion | Shia 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.