The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 118: CXXXIII Ma‘ṣūma-sulṭān Begam Mīrān-shāhī
The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 118
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The very chaste princess; Ar. ma‘ṣūm, chaste, innocent, and sulṭān, sway, pre-eminence.
Fifth and youngest daughter of Sulṭān Aḥmad Mīrzā Mīrān-shāhī. Her mother was Ḥabība-sulṭān Begam Arghūn. She married Bābar (her first cousin) in 913H. (1507), and from his account of the affair it was a love-match on both sides. She was half-sister of ‘Ā’yisha, Bābar’s first wife. She died in child-bed, and her infant received her name.
Gul-badan, C8. Mems., 22, 208, 225, 281, 429 Supplement.