[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Humāyūn and the Sūrs (1530–1556)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun) › [Humāyūnnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama) › [The History of Humayun (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge) › 22 # The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 22: XV 'AqIqa ('AfIqa) Begam Jahan-shahi (No 47 ) The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 22 - **Language:** English ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.22) Her name may be 'Aqlqa, a cornelian, etc , or 'Afifa, a chaste, modest woman Our begam’s MS allows both readings I have used the first but the second seems the more appropriate in sense She was a daughter of Humayun and Bega and second child of both parents She was born in Agra in 1531 It is only from her aunt Gul-badan that anything is known of her She went to Gwalior with her mother in (?) 1534 , she was at Hindal’s feast in 1537, and she was lost at Chausa on June 27th, 1539 Gul badan, 22a, 28b, 25, 33b, 34b - [Previous: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.21) - [Next: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.22) · Pramāṇa