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{{Short description|Mughal princess (1613–1616)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Hur al-Nisa Begum
| title = [[Princess|Shahzadi]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1613|3|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Agra|Akbarabad]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1616|6|5|1613|3|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Ajmer]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| burial_place = [[Ajmer]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| father = [[Shah Jahan]]
| mother = [[Mumtaz Mahal]]
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
| dynasty = [[Timurid dynasty]]
}}

'''Hur-ul-Nisa''' (30 March 1613 – 5 June 1616) was a [[Mughal dynasty|Mughal]] princess, the first daughter of Mughal Emperor, [[Shah Jahan]] and his chief consort, [[Mumtaz Mahal]].

== Life ==
Born on 30 March 1613 at Akbarabad, she was named Hur al-Nisa Begum by her paternal grandfather, [[Jahangir|Emperor Jahangir]] who adopted her as his own daughter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kham|first=Inayat|title=The ShahJahannama|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1990|pages=6|translator-last=Fuller|translator-first=A. R.}}</ref> She was the first of the fourteen children born to [[Shah Jahan|Prince Khurram]] and his wife, [[Mumtaz Mahal|Arjumand Banu Begum]]. Her maternal grandfather was [[Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan|Asaf Khan IV]], the [[Grand vizier]] during the reign of her father.

She was deeply loved by Emperor Jahangir and his household.<ref name=":1" />

== Death ==
On 21 May 1616, Hur fell ill with smallpox and on 5 June, "''the bird of her spirit took wing from this eternal cage and flew to the gardens of Paradise."''<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Emperor|first=Jahangir|title=The Jahangirnama: memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India|publisher=Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Oxford University Press|year=1999|location=Washington D. C; New York|pages=194|translator-last=Thackston|translator-first=W. M.}}</ref>

Jahangir, who was deeply attached to her, was so very much grieved at the death of this grandchild that he could not bring himself to note down her death and had requested [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg]] to do so. Jahangir did not receive servants on the first two days after her death and ordered her room to be walled up. On the third day, unable to bear the grief anymore, he went to the house of Prince Khurram and stayed there for several days. While on his way to the Prince's house, the Emperor broke down several times at the thought of the "''heavenly child''". He then went to the house of Asaf Khan IV, the departed child's maternal grandfather, to keep himself occupied. Yet, for as long as he stayed in [[Ajmer]], he broke down at every familiar thing.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Emperor|first=Jahangir|title=The Jahangirnama: memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India|publisher=Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Oxford University Press|year=1999|location=Washington D. C; New York|pages=195|translator-last=Thackston|translator-first=W. M.}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Since the child died on a Wednesday, Jahangir ordered the day to be called "''Gumshamba"'' or ''"day of loss".''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

She was buried near the grave of [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti]] at Ajmer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Kobita|title=Shah Jahan and His Paradise on Earth|publisher=K.P. Bagchi & Company|year=2007|location=Agra, India|pages=187}}</ref>

== Ancestry ==
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|1= 1. '''Hur-ul-Nisa Begum'''
|2= 2. [[Shah Jahan|Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Mughal Emperor]]<ref name="Sarker2007p187">Kobita Sarker, ''Shah Jahan and his paradise on earth: the story of Shah Jahan's creations in Agra and Shahjahanabad in the golden days of the Mughals'' (2007), p. 187</ref>
|3= 3. [[Mumtaz Mahal]]<ref name="Sarker2007p187" />
|4= 4. [[Jahangir|Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, Mughal Emperor]]<ref name="Mehta1986p418">{{cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jl |year=1986 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |page=418 }}</ref>
|5= 5. [[Jagat Gosain]]<ref name="Mehta1986p418" />
|6= 6. [[Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan]]<ref name="Thackeray2012p254">Frank W. Thackeray, John E. Findling, ''Events That Formed the Modern World'' (2012), p. 254</ref>
|7= 7. Diwanji Begum<ref name="Thackeray2012p254" />
|8= 8. [[Akbar|Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, Mughal Emperor]]<ref name="Mehta1986p374">{{harvtxt|Mehta|1986|p=374}}</ref>
|9= 9. [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]]<ref name="Mehta1986p374" />
|10= 10. [[Udai Singh of Marwar|Udai Singh]], Raja of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]]<ref name="Mukherjee2001p128">Soma Mukherjee, ''Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions'' (2001), p. 128</ref>
|11= 11. Manrang Devi of [[Gwalior]]<ref name="Mukherjee2001p128" />
|12= 12. [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg|I'timad-ud-Daulah]]<ref>Subhash Parihar, ''Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture'' (1999), p. 149</ref>
|13= 13. [[Asmat Begam]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shujauddin|first1=Mohammad|last2=Shujauddin|first2=Razia|title=The Life and Times of Noor Jahan|date=1967|publisher=Caravan Book House|page=1|language=en}}</ref>
|14=14. Ghias ud-din 'Ali Asaf Khan<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ahmad|first1=Moin-ud-din|title=The Taj and Its Environments: With 8 Illus. from Photos., 1 Map, and 4 Plans|date=1924|publisher=R. G. Bansal|page=101|language=en}}</ref>
|15= }}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1613 births]]
[[Category:1616 deaths]]
[[Category:Mughal princesses]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:Daughters of emperors]]
[[Category:Royalty who died as children]]
[[Category:17th-century Mughal Empire people]]

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