Shahar Banu Begum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bijapur, India
Timurid (by marriage)
| Shahar Banu Begum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahzadi of Bijapur | |||||
 A noble woman of Bijapur admiring herself in a mirror, c.1720. | |||||
| Empress consort of the Mughal Empire | |||||
| Tenure | 14 March 1707 – 20 June 1707 | ||||
| Born | c. 1663 Bijapur, India | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| |||||
| House | Adil Shahi (by birth) Timurid (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Ali Adil Shah II | ||||
| Mother | Khurshida Khanum | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Shahar Banu Begum (c. 1663 – ?) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 14 March 1707 to 8 June 1707 as the third (and last) wife of Emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She is popularly known by the titles Padishah Bibi[1] and Padshah Begum.[2]
By birth, Shahar Banu was a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and the daughter of Ali Adil Shah II and his consort Khurshida Khanum. She was the sister of Sikandar Adil Shah.[3]
Shahar Banu Begum was born a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and the daughter of Ali Adil Shah II and his consort Khurshida Khanum. Shahar's paternal grandparents were Mohammed Adil Shah, her father's predecessor and his Queen consort Taj Jahan Begum. Shahar's siblings included her two brothers, the princes Hussain and Sikandar, the latter succeeding her father as King in 1672 at the age of four.
By all accounts, Shahar was greatly loved by the people of Bijapur as well as by her family. She was very beautiful[4] as well as intelligent. The princess was courageous and devoted to her kingdom for she herself played a great part in her state's defense in 1679 when she was forcibly married for a political alliance.[5]