Salima Sultan Begum
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Salima Sultan Begum was the fourth wife of the Mughal emperor Akbar, a granddaughter of Babur, and a senior Mughal consort who was influential in the Mughal court during the reigns of Akbar and Jahang
Salima Begum and Abdul Rahim being escorted to Ahmedabad after Bairam Khan's assassination in 1561
Bairam Khan is assassinated by an Afghan at Patan, 1561
Murad Mirza (son of Akbar)
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Murad Mirza was a Mughal prince and the second surviving son of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was raised by Salima Sultan Begum until the age of 5. He was the maternal grandfather of Nadira Banu Begum, wif
Salima Sultan Begum
…After his death, Salima was married to her first cousin, Akbar. She remained childless in both her marriages, but she raised the second son of Akbar, Murad Mirza, for the first few years. Salima was a senior-ranking wife of Akbar and had much influence over her husband and his son, Jahangir. She wielded major…
Portrait of Murad, c. 1600