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4. Sultan Murad. 



5. Sultan Danyal. 



Of daughters, I find three mentioned — (a.) Shahzadah Khanum, 

 born three months after Salim, in 977. (b.) Shukrunnisa Begum; and 

 (c.) Aram Band Begum, both born after Sultan Danyal. 



Of Akbar's wives the following are mentioned :- — 1. Sultan Raqi- 

 yah Begum, (a daughter of Mirza Hindal,) who died 84 years old, on the 

 7th Jumada 1, 1035, (Tu%uh, p. 401). She was Akbar's first wife (zan i 

 kaldn), but had no child. She tended Shahjahan. Nur Jahan (Jahan- 

 gir's wife) also stayed with her after the murder of Slier Afkan. 

 2. Sultan Salimah Begum. She was the daughter of Gulrukh Begum 

 (vide above under Babar, p. 213) and Mirza Niiruddm Muhammad. 

 Humayun had destined her for Bairam Khan, who married her in the 

 beginning of Akbar's reign. After the death of Bairam, Akbar, in 96&, 

 married her. She died 10th Zi Qa'dah, 1021. As a poetess, she is 

 known under the name Makhfi (concealed), and must not be confound- 

 ed with Zebunnisa* (a wife of Aurangzeb's), who has the same poetical 

 name. 3. The daughter of Rajah Bihari Mai and sister of Rajah 

 Bhagawim Das ; Akbar married her in 968, at Sanbhar. 4. The 

 beautiful wife of 'Abdulwasi,' married in 970, (Bad. II, 61). 5. Jodh 

 Bui, the mother of Jahangir. Her name is not mentioned by any 

 Muhammadan historian. f 6. Bibi Daulat Shad, mother of (b.) and 

 (c.) ; vide Tuzuk, p. 16. 



Sultan Murad, Akbar's fourth son, was born on Thursday, 3rd Muhar- 

 lam 978, and died of delirium tremens in 1006, at Jalnapiir in Barar 

 (Tuzuk, p. 15 ; Akbamamah II, p. 443 ; Khafi Khan, p. 212). He 

 was nicknamed Paluiri (Bad. II, 378). He was sabzrang (of livid 

 complexion), thin and tall (Tuzuk). A daughter of his was married to 

 Prince Parwiz, Jahangir's son (Tuzuk, p. 38). 



Sultan Danyal was born on the 10th Jumada I, 979, and died of 

 delirium tremens, A. H, 1013. Khafi Khan (I, p. 232), says the news 

 of his death reached Akbar in the beginning of 1014. He married, 

 towards the end of 1006, Janan Begum, a daughter of Mirza 'Abdurrahim 

 Khan Khanan (Khafi Khan, p. 213). He was also betrothed to a 

 daughter ol Ibrahim 'Adilshah of Bijapur ; but he died before the 



* Ucr charming Diwan was lithographed at Lucknow, A, II. 1284. 

 + Regarding her. vide Tod's Bajesthan, 



