Malika Jahan

Malika Jahan (Persian: ملکہ جھان‎), meaning "Queen of the World", was a Jaisalmer princess, and wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir.[1]

Malika Jahan
Princess of Jaisalmer
SpouseJahangir
HouseHouse of Jaisalmer (by birth)
Timurid (by marriage)
FatherRawal Bhim Singh
ReligionHinduism

Family

Malika Jahan, whose Rajput name is unknown,[2] was born a Jaisalmer princess, the daughter of Rawal Bhim Singh, the ruler of Jaisalmer,[3][4] and a contemporary of Emperor Akbar, and in imperial service to him.[5] He had been a man of rank and influence.[6] She was the granddaughter of Rawal Harraj. She had three paternal uncles named Kalyan Mal, Bhakar and Sultan.[6] Her aunt was married to Emperor Akbar in 1570,[7] and was a mother of a daughter named Mahi Begum.[8]

Rawal Bhim succeeded his father Harraj in 1578 at the age of sixteen.[6] After Bhim's death in 1616, he left a son named Nathu Singh,[9] two months old,[10] who was killed by the Bhatis.[6] His younger brother Kalyan Mal succeeded him as Rawal.[10]

Marriage

Jahangir married her while he was a prince, and gave her the title 'Malika Jahan',[11] which literally means ("Queen of the world"). Jahangir notes in his memoirs that this alliance was made because her family had always been faithful to the Mughals.[10]

Malika Jahan is a character in Phiroz H. Madon's historical novel The Third Prince: A Novel (2015).[12]

References
  1. Lal, Kishori Saran (January 1, 1988). The Mughal Harem. Aditya Prakashan. p. 28. ISBN 978-8-185-17903-2.
  2. Shujauddin, Muhammad; Shujauddin, Razia (1967). The Life and Times of Noor Jahan. Caravan Book House. p. 96.
  3. The Moslem World - Volumes 1-2. Nile Mission Press. 1985. p. 72.
  4. Soma Mukherjee (2001). Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions. Gyan Books. p. 23. ISBN 978-8-121-20760-7.
  5. Naravane, M. S. (1999). The Rajputs of Rajputana: A Glimpse of Medieval Rajasthan. APH Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-8-176-48118-2.
  6. Somānī, Rāmavallabha (1990). History of Jaisalmer. Panchsheel Prakashan. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-8-170-56070-8.
  7. Ruby Lal (2005). Domesticity and power in the early Mughal world. Cambridge University Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-521-85022-3.
  8. Beveridge, Henry (1907). Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak - Volume III. Asiatic Society, Calcuta. p. 283.
  9. Rajasthan, (India), K. K Sehgal (1962). Rajasthan District Gazetteers, Volume 18. Directorate, District Gazetteers. p. 37.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. Jahangir, Emperor; Thackston, Wheeler McIntosh (1999). The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India. Washington, D. C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 376.
  11. Singh, Rajvi Amar (1992). Medieval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan. Rajvi Amar Singh. p. 1456.
  12. Madon, Phiroz H. (April 8, 2015). The Third Prince: A Novel. Jaico Publishing House. ISBN 978-8-184-95140-0.
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