Dai Anga

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Born as Zeb-un-Nisa, Dai Anga (Urdu: {{lang|ur|{{nq|دائی انگہ}}}}), was the wet-nurse of the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan.{{Cite book |last1=Salman |first1=Rashid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AR4MEAAAQBAJ&dq=Dai+Anga+shah+jahan&pg=PA234 |title=From Landi Kotal to Wagah: Cultural heritage along the Grand Trunk Road |last2=Islamabad |first2=UNESCO Office |date=2020-10-08 |publisher=UNESCO Publishing |isbn=978-92-3-100387-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Raza |first=M. Hanif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Dai+Anga+shah+jahan |title=Lahore: Past & Present |date=1987 |publisher=Colorpix |isbn=978-969-8010-00-3 |language=en}} Her family was closely associated with the Mughal empire. Her husband Murad Khan served in the court of Emperor Jahangir as Magistrate of Bikaner, and her son Muhammad Rashid Khan, was the best archers in the kingdom, and died fighting in the service of Shah Jahan's eldest son Dara Shikoh.{{Cite book |last=Aijazuddin |first=F. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OcwfAQAAMAAJ&q=Dai+Anga+Murad+khan |title=Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century |date=1991 |publisher=Mapin |isbn=978-0-944142-31-8 |language=en}}

She commissioned the Dai Anga Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, before departing for the Hajj pilgrimage.{{Cite book |last=Circle |first=Archæological Survey of India Northern |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2FBAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dai+Anga+shah+jahan&pg=RA14-PA40 |title=Annual Progress Report |date=1902 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Sidhwa |first=Bapsi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpr0AwAAQBAJ&dq=Dai+Anga+shah+jahan&pg=PT33 |title=City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore |date=2005-09-26 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5118-767-7 |language=en}} The Tomb of Dai Anga is known as the "Gulabi Bagh," and is also located in Lahore.{{Cite book |last=Nadiem |first=Ihsan H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Dai+Anga+shah+jahan |title=Punjab: Land, History, People |date=2005 |publisher=al-Faisal Nashran |isbn=978-969-503-434-7 |language=en}}

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