Hazrat Begum
| Hazrat Begum | |
|---|---|
| Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire | |
| Empress consort of the Durrani Empire | |
| Tenure | 5 April 1757 – 16 October 1772 |
| Born | 4 November 1741 Delhi, India |
| Died |
c. 1774 Afghanistan |
| Burial | Mausoleum of Muhammad Shah, Nizamuddin Awliya, Delhi |
| Spouse | Ahmad Shah Durrani |
| House |
Timurid (by birth) Durrani (by marriage) |
| Father | Muhammad Shah |
| Mother | Sahiba Mahal |
| Religion | Islam |
Hazrat Begum (4 November 1741 – c. 1774) was Empress consort of the Durrani Empire from 5 April 1757 to 16 October 1772 as the wife of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the first emperor of the Durrani Empire. By birth, she was a Mughal princess and was the daughter of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.
Hazrat Begum was born a Mughal princess and was the daughter of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah and his wife Sahiba Mahal. At the age of sixteen in February 1756, Hazrat Begum became so famous for her matchless beauty that the Mughal emperor Alamgir II, who was then about sixty, used undue pressures and threats to force Sahiba Mahal and the princess' guardian and step-mother, Badshah Begum, to give him Hazrat Begum's hand in marriage. The princess preferred death over marrying an old wreck of sixty and Alamgir II did not succeed in marrying her.
In April 1757, the Durrani king Ahmed Shah Abdali after sacking the imperial capital of Delhi, desired to marry the deceased Emperor Muhammad Shah's 16-year-old daughter, Hazrat Begum. Badshah Begum once again resisted handing over her tender charge to a fierce Afghan of grandfatherly age but Ahmad Shah forcibly wedded Hazrat Begum on 5 April 1757 in Delhi. After the wedding celerbrations, Ahmad Shah took his young wife back to his native place of Afghanistan. The weeping bride was accompanied by Badshah Begum, Sahiba Mahal and a few ladies of note from the imperial Mughal harem.
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