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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 …
Putla Bai Putla Bai, d.1680, Mahratha princess. One of the eight wives of Shivaji, she was married to him in 1653. She became a sati on the death of …
