1527 - 1604
Hamida Banu Begum (Persian: حمیده بانو بیگم; c. 1527 – 29 August 1604) was the empress consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and the mother of his successor, the third Mughal emperor Akbar. She was bestowed the title of Mariam Makani (lit. 'Dwelling with Mary'), by her son, Akbar. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamida Banu Begum has received more than 864,607 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hamida Banu Begum is the 685th most popular companion (down from 641st in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Companion.
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Among companions, Hamida Banu Begum ranks 685 out of 673. Before her are Douce II, Countess of Provence, Théodrate of Troyes, Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden, Mary of Guelders, Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, and Deidamia II of Epirus. After her are Artazostre, Marina Severa, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, and Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir.
1163 - 1172
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 679
868 - 903
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 680
1347 - 1377
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 681
1434 - 1463
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 682
1120 - 1170
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 683
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 684
1527 - 1604
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 685
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 686
350 - 301
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 687
1606 - 1692
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 688
1824 - 1897
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 689
1853 - 1923
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 690
1015 - 1060
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 691
Among people born in 1527, Hamida Banu Begum ranks 16. Before her are Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, Li Zhi, Luca Cambiaso, Pellegrino Tibaldi, and Anna Sophia of Prussia. After her is Łukasz Górnicki. Among people deceased in 1604, Hamida Banu Begum ranks 11. Before her are Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Isabella Andreini, Christine of Hesse, and Juan Fernández. After her are Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg and William Morgan.
1527 - 1603
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 10
1527 - 1555
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 11
1527 - 1602
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 12
1527 - 1585
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 13
1527 - 1596
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 14
1527 - 1591
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 15
1527 - 1604
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 16
1527 - 1603
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 17
1562 - 1604
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 5
1550 - 1604
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 6
1517 - 1604
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 7
1562 - 1604
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 8
1543 - 1604
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 9
1536 - 1604
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10
1527 - 1604
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 11
1537 - 1604
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
1547 - 1604
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 13
Among people born in Pakistan, Hamida Banu Begum ranks 54 out of 180. Before her are Francis Younghusband (1863), Raja Dahir (663), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Sunil Dutt (1929), and Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911). After her are Malala Yousafzai (1997), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Tariq Ali (1943), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), and Yash Chopra (1932).
1863 - 1942
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 48
663 - 712
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 49
1580 - 1649
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 50
1915 - 2006
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 51
1929 - 2005
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 52
1911 - 1984
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 53
1527 - 1604
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 54
1997 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 55
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 56
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 57
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 58
1948 - 1997
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 59
1932 - 2012
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 60
Among companions born in Pakistan, Hamida Banu Begum ranks 1.