Lizzat-un-Nissa Begum (23 September 1597 –) was a Mughal princess, the youngest daughter of Emperor Jahangir and his Rathore wife, Jagat Gosain.She was also the full sister of Emperor Shah Jahan.
Luzzat-un-Nissa Begum | |
Shahzadi of Mughal Empire | |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1597 |
Birth Place: | Kashmir, Mughal Empire |
Death Date: | (aged 5) |
Death Place: | Allahabad, Mughal Empire |
Father: | Jahangir |
Mother: | Jagat Gosain |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Dynasty: | Timurid dynasty |
Born on 23 September 1597, Luzzat was the youngest daughter of Prince Salim (later Jahangir), the eldest surviving son of Mughal Emperor Akbar.[1] [2] Her mother was the Rathore princess, Jagat Gosain (Bilqis Makani in official chronicles), the tenth daughter of Udai Singh Rathore, the Raja of Marwar. She was born at Kashmir on the return journey of the Royal entourage of her grandfather, Akbar, towards Lahore.
She had two older full-siblings, Begum Sultan, who died infancy and Prince Khurram, who succeeded their father to throne.
Luzzat-un-Nissa died at the age of 5,, during the rebellion of her father.