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Salima Sultan Begum

1539 - 1613

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Salima Sultan Begum (23 February 1539 – 2 January 1613) was the third wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and the granddaughter of Babur. Salima was the daughter of Akbar's paternal aunt, Gulrukh Begum, and her husband, the Viceroy of Kannauj, Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza. She was initially betrothed to Akbar's regent, Bairam Khan, by her maternal uncle, Humayun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salima Sultan Begum has received more than 1,223,369 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Salima Sultan Begum is the 636th most popular companion, the 357th most popular biography from India and the 5th most popular Indian Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Salima Sultan Begum ranks 636 out of 784. Before her are Théodrate of Troyes, Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Joan of the Tower, and Euphemia of Pomerania. After her are Beatrice of Bavaria, Ri Sol-ju, Estrid Svendsdatter, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Marie of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Salima Sultan Begum ranks 15. Before her are Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Hasegawa Tōhaku, and Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine. After her are Yi San-hae, Humphrey Gilbert, Nicolò Donato, Olivier de Serres, and Pierre Pithou. Among people deceased in 1613, Salima Sultan Begum ranks 9. Before her are Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ivan Susanin, Anton Praetorius, Cigoli, and Gabriel Báthory. After her are Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, Hypatius Pociej, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and Mikalojus Daukša.

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In India

Among people born in India, Salima Sultan Begum ranks 357 out of 1,861. Before her are Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Rishi Kapoor (1952), and Aruna Asaf Ali (1909). After her are Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Asima Chatterjee (1917), Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855).

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Among COMPANIONS In India

Among companions born in India, Salima Sultan Begum ranks 5. Before her are Sita (null), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), and Mastani (1699). After her are Jagat Gosain (1573), Brian Horrocks (1895), and Kashibai (1703).

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