Salima Sultan Begum

(1539-1613)

BIRTH

1539

PLACE

Kannauj

DEATH

January 2, 1613

PLACE

Agra, India

FAMILY

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MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Salima Sultan Begum (1539-1613) was a mughal empress consort. Salima Sultan Begum was married to Akbar the Great. The recorded birthplace is Kannauj. The recorded place of death is Delhi.

CONSORTROYALTYWIFE

EARLY LIFE

Salima Sultan Begum was born in 1539 in Kannauj. The recorded mother was Gulrukh Begum.

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

CAREER

DEATH

Salima Sultan Begum died in Agra in January 1613 after an illness. Jahangir recorded her death and had her buried in a garden she had commissioned there.