The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 127: CXLIII. Mubarika Bibi, Afghani aghacha (No. 66).
The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 127
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Ar. mubaraka, blessed, fortunate.
She was a daughter of Shah Mansur Yusufzai, and was married by Babar at Kehraj on January 30th, 1519 (Muharram 28th, 925H.). The alliance was the sign and seal of amity between him and her tribe. A charming account of her and her marriage is given in the Tarikh-i-hafiz-i-rahmat-khani, and Mr. Beveridge has translated it in full under the title 'An Afghan Legend,' so that it need not be reproduced here. Gul-badan never gives the name Mubarika (Blessed Damozel) as that of the Afghan lady (Afghani aghacha) whom she so frequently and pleasantly mentions. Hafiz Muhammad (l.c.) says that Mubarika was much beloved by Babar, and this is borne out by the fact that she was one of the small and select party of ladies who were the first to join him in India. She went there, it is safe to infer, with Maham and Gul-badan in 1529.
She bore no child, and this misfortune Hafiz Muhammad attributes to the envy of other wives who administered drugs to deprive her of motherhood and weaken her husband's affection.
She died early in Akbar's reign.
She is occasionally spoken of simply as 'Khanum'.
Gul-badan, 62b Akbar-nama, s.n. Ain-i-akbari, Blochmann, s.n. Tar. Rash., E.B., 461 Cf. Introduction