The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 77: LXXXIV Haram Begam Qibchaq Mughal

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Princess of the Haram. Her name has been transliterated by some European workers as Khurram, 'blossoming, cheerful,' and this seems the more probable name to bestow on a child. But some of the Persian texts support Haram, and the editors of the Bib. Ind. Akbar-nama have adopted it. Gul-badan has Haram.
Haram Begam may be a sobriquet bestowed after the revelation of the facts of the bearer's character and dominance.
Daughter of Sultan Wais Kulabi Qibchaq Mughal, and sister of Chuki 'Ali and Haidar Begs and of Mah Begam, a wife of Kamran. She married Sulaiman Mirza Miran'shahi, son of Khan Mirza (Wais). She had one son, Ibrahim (Abu'l-qasim), and several daughters. Her children, through Shah Begam Badakhshi, their paternal ancestress, claimed descent from Alexander the Great.
Most of the incidents of her career are given in the Introduction to this book, and her remarkable character is exhibited there. Badayuni calls her Wali-ni'mat, and says she was known by this name. This may be a tribute to her pre-eminence in character and action and also to the fact of her belonging to an older generation than Akbar's, under whom he wrote. The elder men of royal birth were Lords and the elder women Ladies of Beneficence in those days.
Gul-badan, 65a, 76b. Akbar-nama, Bib. Ind. ed., s. n. Badayuni, Lowe, 61, 89, 90, 217. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, October, 1898, art. Bayazid Biyat, H. Beveridge, 12, 16. E. & E., s. n. A'in-i-akbari, Blochmann, s. n. Introduction, supra.