The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 13: II. Afaq Begam (No. 26).
The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 13
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She was a daughter of Sultan-bakht Begam; her father’s name has not yet come to my knowledge; she was a grand-daughter of Sultan Abu-sa'id Mirza. Babar mentions the arrival of a daughter of Sultan-bakht Begam in Agra in 935H. (October, 1528), and Gul-badan supplies the name Afaq by naming an Afaq of this parentage as at the Mystic Feast in 938H. (1531).
Gul-badan Persian text, 256.
Mems., 387.
(Afghani aghacha, the Afghan lady. See Mubarika Bibi.)
form of ban (van), which in composition means holding, possessing. Also a prince or chief.
Nothing is said to identify her. She was at the Mystic Feast (1531).
Gul-badan, 256.