Ruqaiya Sultan Begum

(c. 1542-1626)

BIRTH

c. 1542

PLACE

DEATH

January 1626

PLACE

Agra

FAMILY

HOMES

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (c. 1542-1626) was a mughal empress consort. Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was married to Akbar the Great. The recorded place of death is Agra.

CONSORTROYALTYWIFE

EARLY LIFE

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was born in c. 1542. The recorded father was Mirza Hindal.

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum is best known as a mughal empress consort. Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was married to Akbar the Great.

CAREER

DEATH

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum died in Agra in January 1626. According to accounts of the Mughal court, she was buried in the Gardens of Babur in Kabul beside her father, Hindal Mirza.