Salima Sultan Begum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salima Sultan Begum

Mughal empress

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1539

Place of Birth: Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1612

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Salima Sultan Begum (Urdu: ????? ????? ????, February 1539 – 2 January 1613) was the fourth wife of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and the granddaughter of Babur.
Salima was the daughter of Akbar's paternal aunt Gulrukh Begum and her husband, the Viceroy of Kannauj, Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza.
She was at first betrothed to Akbar's regent Bairam Khan by her maternal uncle, Humayun.
The bride was probably a reward for the surpassing services done by Bairam for Humayun.
The couple, who had a considerable age difference of approximately forty years, were married in 1557 after Akbar had succeeded Humayun as the third Mughal emperor.
However, this brief union, which did not produce any children, lasted for only three years as Bairam Khan was assassinated by a band of Afghans in 1561.
After his death, Salima was subsequently married to her first-cousin Akbar. Salima was a senior-ranking wife of Akbar and had much influence over her husband and his son Jahangir.
She wielded major political influence in the Mughal court during her husband's reign as well as in his successor's (Jahangir) reign.
Her name, however, appears in the histories as a reader, poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of Makhfi (????, "Hidden One") and as pleading with Akbar for Jahangir's forgiveness. She stands out in the early Mughal history and was known as the "Khadija of the era" (Khadija-uz-Zamani) for her wisdom.