Bubuji Khanum
Queen mother of Bijapur in the 1500s
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Mehtab Kaur
First wife and maharani of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire.
Nur Jahan
Ruler of the Mughal Empire (almost all of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and large parts of northern and central India) in the 1600s
Razia Sultana
Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, India in the 1200s and the subcontinent’s first female Muslim ruler.
Jahan Begum
Sultan Jahan Begum was the fourth and last female ruler of Bhopal, a principality in Malwa in Central India, ruling from 1901 until 1926.
Jahanara Begum
Mughal princess and Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire
Maham Begum
She married Babur, the first Mughal emperor, in 1506, in Herat. Though she was Babur’s third wife, she became his chief consort, acting as a political advisor in many circumstances.
Mariam-uz-Zamani
Mariam was married to the third Mughal emperor, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, on 6 February 1562, as part of a political resolution.
Draupadi
India This article, written by Naomi Appleton, has been republished with permission from the Dangerous Women Project, created by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University […]
Padmini
Indian rani