COMPANION

Mariam-uz-Zamani

1542 - 1623

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Mariam-uz-Zamani (lit. 'Mary/Compassionate of the Age'); (c. 1544 – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, was the chief consort and principal Hindu wife as well as the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. She was also the longest-serving Hindu empress of the Mughal Empire with a tenure of forty-three years (1562–1605).Born a Rajput princess, she was married to Akbar by her father, Raja Bharmal of Amer due to political exigencies. Her marriage to Akbar led to a gradual shift in the latter's religious and social policies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariam-uz-Zamani has received more than 5,782,084 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mariam-uz-Zamani is the 239th most popular companion (up from 355th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from India (up from 150th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Companion.

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  • 5.8M

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  • 62.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Mariam-uz-Zamani has had the most page views in the with 734,814 views, followed by Persian (319,969), and Hindi (76,821). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (363.41%), Persian (351.34%), and Romanian (194.95%)

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Among companions, Mariam-uz-Zamani ranks 239 out of 784. Before her are Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples, Meritamen, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, and Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal. After her are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Frederica of Baden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Statilia Messalina, Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, and Bruttia Crispina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Mariam-uz-Zamani ranks 7. Before her are Akbar, Mary, Queen of Scots, Tokugawa Ieyasu, John of the Cross, Hattori Hanzō, and Robert Bellarmine. After her are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Jan Zamoyski, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Henriette of Cleves, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Isabella de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1623, Mariam-uz-Zamani ranks 6. Before her are Pope Gregory XV, Halime Sultan, Tulsidas, Anne Hathaway, and Josaphat Kuntsevych. After her are William Byrd, Domenico Fetti, Kara Davud Pasha, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Paolo Sarpi, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mariam-uz-Zamani ranks 110 out of 1,861. Before her are Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Kim Philby (1912), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Razia Sultana (1205), and Tukaram (1608). After her are Sushruta (-620), Vātsyāyana (300), Dhyan Chand (1905), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), and Droupadi Murmu (1958).

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Among COMPANIONS In India

Among companions born in India, Mariam-uz-Zamani ranks 3. Before her are Sita (null), and Mumtaz Mahal (1593). After her are Mastani (1699), Salima Sultan Begum (1539), Jagat Gosain (1573), Brian Horrocks (1895), and Kashibai (1703).

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