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Gulbadan Begum

1523 - 1603

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Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar. Gulbadan's recollection of Babur is brief, but she gives a refreshing account of Humayun's household and provides a rare material regarding his confrontation with her half-brother, Kamran Mirza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gulbadan Begum has received more than 424,425 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gulbadan Begum is the 3,285th most popular writer (up from 3,331st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Afghan Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gulbadan Begum ranks 3,285 out of 5,755Before her are Sibilla Aleramo, Jean-Denis Bredin, Carl Robert Jakobson, Vladislav Vančura, Kondraty Ryleyev, and Giulio Angioni. After her are Rutebeuf, John Mauropous, Teofilo Folengo, Salvador Espriu, Peter Cheyney, and William Langland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1523, Gulbadan Begum ranks 10Before her are Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Blaise de Vigenère, Charles de Bourbon, Stradanus, Gaspara Stampa, and Pieter Pourbus. After her are Catherine Carey and Jan Blahoslav. Among people deceased in 1603, Gulbadan Begum ranks 19Before her are George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ostilio Ricci, Philippe de Monte, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Grace O'Malley. After her is Łukasz Górnicki.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Gulbadan Begum ranks 84 out of 145Before her are Al-Sijzi (945), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Rabia Balkhi (1000), and Amrullah Saleh (1972). After her are Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ayub Khan (1857), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Unsuri (980), and Farrukhi Sistani (980).

Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Gulbadan Begum ranks 6Before her are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Sanai (1080), and Rabia Balkhi (1000). After her are Unsuri (980), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Fatima Bhutto (1982).