- Ladli Begum
Ladli Begum (born 1594) was the daughter of
Nur Jahan (Mehrunnisa) and her first husbandSher Afghan , and was married to Mughal prince, Shahryar.Ladli's father (Sher Afghan) was killed in 1607. Her mother later wed the
Mughal Emperor Jehangir and took the name Nur Jahan. As the favourite wife of Jehangir, Nur Jahan used her great influence to arrange the marriage of Ladli with Shahryar, son of Jehangir by a different wife. Thus, Ladli came to wed her mother's stepson. [cite book
last = Meri
first = Josef W.
title = Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia
publisher = Taylor & Francis
date = 2006
pages = 568-569
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LaV-IGZ8VKIC&pg=PA568&dq=Ladli+Begum+1594&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&sig=Tp6KVJj6Uk6UrzI7fPtS1W5Bcrc#PPA568,M1
isbn = 0415966914]She had a daughter from Shahryar, "Arzani Begum" [ [http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702051%26ct%3D224 The Grandees of the Empire]
Ain-i-Akbari , by Abul Fazl, Volume I, Chpt. 30.] .References
*http://www.kahany.com/writing/0198nurjahan.shtml
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