The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 102.4

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Some considerations suggest that Maham was a Dughlat Mughali and of the family of 'Abdu'l-qudus, but no valid opinion can be formed until a text as good as the Elphinstone is available for guidance. Babar married Maham in Harat when he visited that city after Sultan Husain Mirza’s death, and in 912H (1506) Humayun was born on March 6, 1508 (Zu’l-qa‘da 4th, 913H ) Four other children were born to her, and all died in infancy They were Bar-bul, Mihr-jahan, Isan-daulat and Faruq The events of her career are detailed in the Introduction to this volume and in Gul-badan Begam’s book Mems , 260, 405, 412, 428, 428 n Gul badan, 4a, 6b, 7a, 8b, 11b, 13b, 14b, 16a, 16b, 17a, 18b, 21a and b, 22a and b, 23a and b 24b Akbar nama, Bib Ind ed , and H Beveridge, 8 n Maham and Maham ‘Ali Quli Khan Turkistan, Schuyler, 95 ff