Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum

| image = Portrait of Zeb-un-Nissa Looking into a Mirror with Her Attendants.jpg

| caption = Zubdat alongside her sisters

| title = Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire

| spouse = {{marriage|Sipihr Shikoh|1673}}

| issue = Ali Tabar Mirza

| house = Timurid

| father = Aurangzeb

| mother = Dilras Banu Begum

| birth_date = 2 September 1651

| birth_place = Multan, Mughal Empire
(present day Multan, Pakistan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|1707|2|17|1651|9|2|df=y}}

| death_place = Delhi, India

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| religion = Sunni Islam

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| full name =

}}

Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum ({{Langx|fa|زبدة النساء بیگم}}; 2 September 1651 – 17 February 1707) was a Mughal princess, the third daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb and his wife Dilras Banu Begum.

Life

Zubdat-un-Nissa was born on 2 September 1651 in Multan. Her father Aurangzeb was then a prince.{{cite book | author = Sir Jadunath Sarkar | date = 1973 | title = History of Aurangzib: Reign of Shah Jahan. War of succession | publisher = Orient Longman | pages = 38}} A well-read woman,{{cite book | author = Sarfaraz Hussain Mirza | date = 1969 | title = Muslim Women's Role in the Pakistan Movement | publisher = Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab | pages = 4}} Zubdat-un-Nissa had in-depth knowledge of the doctrines of Islam.{{cite book|last=Schimmel|first=Annemarie|title=Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Volume 2, Issue 4, Part 3|year=1980|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004061170}}

Zubdat-un-Nissa married her first cousin, Prince Sipihr Shikoh on 30 January 1673, he was the third son of her paternal uncle, Crown Prince Dara Shikoh and her aunt Nadira Banu Begum.{{cite book|last=Sir Jadunath Sarkar|title=Volume 3 of History of Aurangzib: Mainly Based on Persian Sources|year=1981|publisher=South Asian Publishers|page=39}} She was given a marriage portion of 400,000 rupees.{{cite book | author = Sudha Sharma | date = 21 March 2016 | title = The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India | publisher = SAGE Publications India | pages = 113 | isbn = 9789351505679}} A certain Hamida Banu Begam arranged the marriage feast.{{cite book | author = Soma Mukherjee | date = 2001 | title = Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions | publisher = Gyan Books | pages = 106 | isbn = 9788121207607}} In 1676, Zubdat gave birth to a son, Shahzada Ali Tabar, who died within six months of his birth.{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Waldemar|title=The Peacock Throne : The Drama of Mogul India.|year=1972|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120802254|pages=393|edition=1. Indian ed., repr.}}

She died on 17 February 1707, less than a month before her father.{{cite book | author = William Irvine | date = 1971 | title = Later Mughal | publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Distri | pages = 2}}