[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 224.1869 # The Institutes of Akbar 224.1869 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 224.1869 - **Language:** English ### [224.1869](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224.1869) Of Akbar’s wives the following are mentioned:—1. Sultan Ruqayah Begum (a daughter of Mirza Hindal), who died 84 years old, 7th Jumada I, 1035, (Tuzuk, p. 401). She was Akbar’s first wife (zan i kalan), but had no child by him. She tended Shahjahan. Nur Jahan (Jahangir’s wife) also stayed with her after the murder of Sher Afkan. 2. Sultan Salimah Begum. She was a daughter of Gulrukh (?) Begum (a daughter of Babar) and Mirza Nuruddin Muhammad. Humayun had destined her for Bairam Khan, who married her in the beginning of Akbar’s reign. After the death of Bairam, Akbar, in 968, married her. She died 10th Zi Qa’dah, 1021. As a poetess, she is known under the name Makhfi (concealed), and must not be confounded with Zebunnisa (a daughter of Aurangzeb’s), who has the same poetical name. 3. The daughter of Rajah Bihari Mal and sister of Rajah Bhagawan Das. Akbar married her in 968, at Sanbhar. 4. The beautiful wife of ’Abdulwasi’, married in 970, (vide Bad. II, 61). 5. Jodh Bai, or Princess of Jodhpur, the mother of Jahangir. Her name is not mentioned by any Muhammadan historian. As Akbar’s mother had the title of Maryam Makani, so was Jodh Bai called Maryam uzzamani. She died in the month of Rajab 1032, A. H. (Tuzuk, p. 361). The Tuzuk expresses a hope that God will receive her in His mercy; for Jahangir’s mother, though a Hindu, could not well ‘be sent to hell.’ 6. Bibi Daulat Shad, mother of (b.) and (c.); vide Tuzuk, p. 16. 7. A daughter of ’Abdullah Khan Mughul (964). 8. A daughter of Miran Mubarak Shah of Khandes; vide p. 13, note. Sultan Salim. Title as Emperor, Jahangir. Title after death, Jannatmakani. Born at Fathpur Sikri, on Wednesday, 17th Rabi’ I, 977, or 18th Shahriwar of the 14th year of Akbar’s Era. He was called Salim, because he was born in the house of Shaikh Salim i Chishti. Akbar used to call him Shaikhu Baba (vide Tuzuk, p. 1). For his wives and children, vide below, No. 4. Jahangir died on the 28th Çafar 1037 (28th October, 1627) near Rajor on the Kashmir frontier. Vide my article on Jahangir in the Calcutta Review for October, 1869. - [Previous: 224.386](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224.386) - [Next: 224.1869\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224.1869_2) - [Up: 224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224.1869](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.224.1869) · Pramāṇa