Arjumand Banu Begum was born in Agra into a family of Persian nobility, as a daughter of Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, making her a niece ( and later daughter-in-law ) of Empress Nur Jehan, the wife of the emperor Jahangir.

Arjumand Banu Begum was born in Agra into a family of Persian nobility, as a daughter of Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, making her a niece ( and later daughter-in-law ) of Empress Nur Jehan, the wife of the emperor Jahangir.

Begum Nur Jahan was the twentieth and favourite wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who was her second husband.

* 1614 – Jahanara Begum Sahib, Imperial Princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal ( d. 1681 )

In 1607, Prince Khurram, also known as Shah Jahan, was betrothed to Arjumand Banu Begum who was just 14 years old at the time.

Mughal princess Jahanara Begum | Jahan Ara's tomb ( left ), Nizamuddin Auliya's tomb ( right ) and Jama ' at Khana Masjid ( background ), at Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi

Mumtaz Mahal ( 6 April 1593 – 17 June 1631 ) ( Persian, ; meaning " the chosen one of the palace ") born as Arjumand Banu Begum () was a Mughal Empress and chief consort of emperor Shah Jahan.

Arjumand Banu Begum was married at the age of 19, on 10 May 1612, to Prince Khurram, known as Shah Jahan, who conferred upon her the title " Mumtaz Mahal ".

Mumtaz Mahal mothered fourteen children by Shah Jahan, including Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan's successor, the Imperial Prince Dara Shukoh the heir apparent anointed by Shah Jahan and Jahanara Begum, the Imperial Princess.

In 1607 AD ( 1016 AH ), Prince Khurram, also known as Shah Jahan, was betrothed to Arjumand Banu Begum who was just 14 years old at the time.

Her personal fortune ( valued at 10, 000, 000 rupees ) was divided by Shah Jahan between Jahanara Begum, who received half and the rest of her surviving children.

Shahzadi ( Imperial Princess ) Jahanara Begum Sahib () ( April 2, 1614 – September 16, 1681 ) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal.

During her lifetime, she was honoured with various titles conferred upon her by her father, Shah Jahan, which included Sahibat al-Zamani ( Lady of the Age ) and Padishah Begum ( Lady Emperor ), or Begum Sahib ( Princess of Princesses ).

Mumtaz Mahal's personal fortune valued at 10, 000, 000 rupees, was divided by Shah Jahan between Jahanara Begum ( who received half ) and the rest of her surviving children.

The first chancellor was Sultan Shah Jahan Begum, a prominent Muslim noblewoman, and Sir Syed invited an Englishman, Theodore Beck, to serve as the first college principal.

# 1878: HH Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

# 1897: HH Nawab Shamsi Jahan, Begum Sahiba of Murshidabad

# 1911: HH Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Begum of Bhopal

* Muslim Fatehpuri Masjid built by Fatehpuri Begum in 1650, one of the queens of Shah Jahan.

Suhrawardy had two children from this marriage ; Ahmed Shahab Suhrawardy and Begum Akhtar Sulaiman ( née Akhtar Jahan Suhrawardy ).

Muhammad Shah had to marry his daughter Jahan Afruz Banu Begum to Nadir Shah's youngest son.

The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 AD, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect.

Begum, Begam or Baigum ( Turkish: Begüm, Persian: بیگم, ) is a Turkic title given to female family members of a Baig or ' Beg ', a higher official.

Other famous singers of thumri are Gauhar Jan, Begum Akhtar, Shobha Gurtu, Noor Jehan and Prabha Atre.

In 1940 Suhrawardy married Vera Alexandrovna Tiscenko Calder, who, after her conversion to Islam had changed her name to Begum Noor Jehan.

For example: Mirza Mansur Baig or Noor Begum.

With his second wife, Nusrat Jehan Begum, he had ten children:

The work was initially funded by Sultan Jehan Begum of Bhopal, and later by Nizam of Hyderabad.

The Sarai of Jehan Ara Begum has been replaced by the city hall.

# Begum Sultan Shah Jehan ( ruled from 1844-1860 and 1868-1901 )

The soundtrack consists of 12 songs, and features vocals by Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, etc.

Some of the popular tawaifs were Begum Samru-who rose to rule principality of Sardhana in western UP, Moran Sarkar-who became wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Wazeeran-Prot of Lucknow ’ s last nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, Umrao Jaan Ada, Gauhar Jaan etc.

His some popular disciples were Rambhau Kundagolkar ( Sawai Gandharva ), Balkrishna Kapileshwari, Roshanara Begum, Sureshbabu Mane, Dashrath Mule, Vishwanathbua Jadhav etc.

* He married, on November 2, 1896, in Poona, India, Shahzadi Begum, his first cousin and a granddaughter of Aga Khan I.

Humayun was portrayed in the biography Humāyūn-nāma written by his sister Gulbadan Begum, as being extraordinarily lenient, constantly forgiving acts which were deliberately aimed at angering him.

Humayun, rather than seek retribution, went straight to his mother's home where Gulbadan Begum was, bearing no grudge against his younger brother, and insisted he return home.

Nawab Sikandar Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Bhopal, who became a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India ( GCSI ) in 1861, at the foundation of the order.

Jahanara Begum Sahib, Jahan's first daughter, voluntarily shared his 8-year confinement and nursed him in his dotage.

** Begum Khaleda Zia is reelected as prime minister of Bangladesh.

Mirza Sulaiman's wife was Khurram Begum, of the Kipchak tribe.

Mirza Sulaiman wanted to marry her ; but Khurram Begum got her married, against her will, to Mirza Ibrahim, by whom she had a son, Mirza Shahrukh.

When Mirza Ibrahim fell in the war with Balkh, Khurram Begum wanted to send the Khanum to her father, Shah Muhammad of Kashgar ; but she refused to go.

Khurram Begum then died.

The documentary by Heinemann also looks at the effectiveness of Grameen Bank and alleges that it has little impact on poverty by highlighting the purported continued poverty of Sufiya Begum, the original loan recipient of Grameen, in Jobra Village.

She was the eldest child of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi descent, and Begum Nusrat Ispahani, a Pakistani Muslim of Kurdish descent.

Akbar's descendant, Jahanara Begum Sahib, was also a devout follower of the Chisti Order.

Khyal vocalists include Abdul Karim Khan, Abdul Wahid Khan, Amir Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Basavaraj Rajguru, Bhimsen Joshi, D. V. Paluskar, Faiyaz Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Hirabai Barodekar, Kesarbai Kerkar, Kishori Amonkar, Kumar Gandharva, Mallikarjun Mansur, Mogubai Kurdikar, Nazakat and Salamat Ali Khan, Omkarnath Thakur, Prabha Atre, Rashid Khan, Roshan Ara Begum, Sharafat Hussein Khan, Ulhas Kashalkar, Jitendra Abhisheki and Vasantrao Deshpande.

The song " Holi Aayi Re Kanhai ", sung by Shamshad Begum, has been cited as a typical Hindi film song which is written for and sung by a female singer, with an emotional charge which appeals to a mass audience.

Bangladeshi singer Firoza Begum played a very big role in popularising Nazrul geeti in both Bangladesh and West Bengal.

For eight months the hospital operated in Durbar tents ( donated by the Begum of Bhopal and shipped from India ), but after suffering storms, floods and frosts it was moved in February 1916 into the old Jesuit College in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

A film by the Danish journalist Tom Heinemann, The Micro Debt, alleges that microcredit in Bangladesh had little impact on poverty by highlighting the purported continued poverty of Sufiya Begum, the original loan recipient of Grameen, in Jobra Village.