Asian Descent Archives - Page 14 of 26

Ibaqa

Junioe wife of Ghengis Khan

Sorqoqtani, her sisters, and cousin were all part of a vital Kereit network, along with the few surviving princes who served in Ghenis Khan’s army, to support the remainder of their tribe within the grand khanate.

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.

Inhyeon

1600s Korean queen

Zheng

Chinese empress of the Song dynasty

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.