Gulrukh Begum
| Gulrukh Begum | |
|---|---|
| Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire | |
| Died | June 1539 |
| Spouse | Nur-ud-din Muhammad Mirza |
| Issue | Salima Sultan Begum |
| House | Timurid |
| Father | Babur |
| Mother | Dildar Begum |
| Religion | Islam |
Gulrukh Begum ("The rose-cheeked princess") was a Mughal princess, the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor. She was also the younger half-sister of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and an aunt of third Mughal emperor Akbar.
Gulrukh Begum was known for her beauty and accomplishments in the imperial household just like her daughter, Salima Sultan Begum.
Her name varies in different sources as she appears as Gul-rang, Gul-barg and Gul-rukh. As her mother was a full Turk by descent, she may have borne a Turkic name, and that the various forms her name assumes in the Persian may have their origin in this.
Her maternal parentage is disputed. From the Ma'asir-i-rahimi, the following information is obtained: Pasha Begam Baharlu Turkoman married (873H., 1469) as her second husband, Sultan Mahmud Mirza Miran-shahi. By him she had three daughters and one son : Sultan Baysonqor Mirza (b. 882H., 1477). One daughter whose name was Salha-sultan Begam, married Babur and bore him a daughter, Gul-rukh (sic). Gulrukh married Nur-ud-din Muhammad Chaqaniani, and their daughter was Salima-sultan Begam who married first, Bairam Khan-i-Khanan and secondly, the Emperor Akbar.
It appears that Babur's marriage with Salha-sultan took place at a date which falls in a gap of his memoirs, i.e., from 1511 to 1519. This is the period which contains the exile from Kabul after the Mughal rebellion. Not only does Babur omit Salha-sultan's name and his marriage with her, but Gulbadan Begum is also silent as to name, marriage and child of Salha-sultan. This silence is remarkable as she enumerates her father's children and gives their mothers' names, and she enumerates some of his wives in more places than one in the Humayun-nama. From her lists a Timurid wife cannot have escaped, and especially one whose child became the mother of Gulbadan's associate Salima-sultan.
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