The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 169: CCI. Zainab-sultan Begam.

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There is a difficulty in identifying the begam of this name, whom Babar mentions (Mems., 387) as coming to India. It will be seen by comparing the sources and their French and English interpretations.
Mems., 387: 'another, by name Zainab-sultan Begam, the granddaughter of Bikeh Chicham.'
P. de C., II. 356: 'et la petite fille de Yenga Tchetcham, autrement dite Zeineb-sultan Begam.'
B. M. Or., 3714, Pers., p. 482: dīgar nabīra yanga chīchām. At Zainab sulṭān Begam būlghāi.
Bodleian, Elliot, 19, f. 180a: dīgar nabīra bīga chīchām. At Zainab sulṭān Begam.
Ilminsky, Turki text, 447: yana yanga chīchām qīz Zainab sulṭān Begam būlāghāil nabīra bī līkīb.
It seems safer to take Zainab as the name of Babar's relation (i.e., the yanga of his chacha) than as that of the granddaughter (nabīra).
It may be observed here that the best authorities quoted above, i.e., Ilminsky, behind whom is Kehr, and Or., 3714, have yanga where Mr. Erskine and Elliot, 19, have bega. This exchange may occur in the case of other begas of this appendix. Until a good Turki text more complete than that in the B. M. is found, this must be left an open question.
If Zainab be taken as the name of the yanga, she may be identifiable with one of the other women already entered in the appendix, but for deciding this point more examples are necessary of Babar's application of the word yanga.
Mems., 387.