Tag: Biography Indian Women
Rajas Bai Rajas Bai, d.1715, Mahratha princess. Second wife of the Mahratha ruler, Rajaram (d. 1700) she put her rival Tarabai and her rival’s son Shivaji II in confinement, …
Rai Bagan Rai Bagan, later 17th cent., warrior lady. Wife of Udaram of Basin, who had devotedly served the Mughal empire, she was given the title of Rai Bagan …
Rahim-un-Nissa Rahim-un-Nissa. early 18th cent., Mughal princess. Daughter of Jan Muhammad, she was called Koki Jiu because she and Emperor Muhammad Shah (d. 1748) had been suckled by the …
Radhabai Peshwa Radhabai Peshwa, d.1753, Mahratha princess. A daughter of the Barve family of Maharashtra, she was the wife of Peshwa Balaji Vishvanath, and bore him four children, the …
Radha Bai Radha Bai, 1696-97, Mahratha lady, wife of Nagoji Mane, of Mhswad, near Satara. Her brother, Amrit Rao Nimbalkar, was cruelly put to death in June 1696, by …
Qutluq Nigar Khanum Qutluq Nigar Khanum, d. 1505, Mughal princess, mother of Empeor Babar (d. 1530). A descendent of Chingiz Khan, she was married to Umar Shaikh Mirza of …
Qudsia Begum Qudsia Begum, .fl. 1816-37, ruler of Bhopal. Daughter of Ghaus Mohammad Khan, she was married to Nazar Muhammad Khan, who succeeded Wazir khan as the ruler of …
Kandahari Begum Kandahari Begum, 1610. Mughal prinees,v, first wife of Emperor Shahjahan. Daughter of Muzaffar Hussain Mirza Safwi, of the royal house of Persia, her family came to India …
