The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 32: XXVI Bakhshi-banu Begam
The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 32
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Princess Good-fortune: Pers. bakhsh, fortune, and banu (van), possessing.
She was a daughter of Humayun and of Gunwar Bibi, and was born in Jumada I, 947H. (September, 1540), the year of the Timurid exodus from India. She fell into the hands of her uncle 'Askari with her father's camp and the baby Akbar in 1543. In 1545 she was sent with Akbar in the depth of winter from Qandahar to Kabul. In 957H. (1550), and when ten years old, she was betrothed by her father to Ibrahim, son of Sulaiman and Haram. Ibrahim (b. 1534) was six years older than Bakhshi-banu, and he was killed in 1560, leaving her a widow of twenty. In the same year she was given in marriage by Akbar to Mirza Sharafu-d-din Husain Ahrari.
Gul-badan, 89b. Akbar-nama, s. n.