Jagat Gosain

Jagat Gosain
17th century portrait of Jagat Gosain
Tenure	3 November 1605 - 19 April 1619
Born	13 May 1573 Jodhpur
Died	19 April 1619 Agra, Mughal Empire
Burial	Suhagpura, Agra
Spouse	Jahangir
Issue	Begum Sultan Shah Jahan
Dynasty	Rathore
Father	Udai Singh of Marwar
Religion	Hinduism

Jagat Gosain (Persian: جگت گوسین‎; died 19 April 1619) meaning 'Mistress of the World', was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. She is also known as Jodh Bai and was given the posthumous title of Bilqis Makani.

By birth, she was a Rajput princess of Marwar (present-day Jodhpur) and was the daughter of Raja Udai Singh (popularly known as Mota Raja), the Rathore ruler of Marwar.

Known most popularly as Jodh Bai, the Jodhpur princess, Jagat Gosain belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajputs and was a daughter of Raja Udai Singh, the ruler of Marwar (present-day Jodhpur). Udai Singh was popularly known by the sobriquet Mota Raja (the fat king). Her grandfather was Maldeo Rathore, under whose rule Marwar turned into a strong Rajput Kingdom that resisted foreign rule and challenged the invaders for northern supremacy. Maldeo Rathore refused to ally with either the Sur Empire or the Mughal Empire after Humayun regained control of North India in 1555. This policy was continued by his son and successor Chandrasen Rathore.

After the death of Maldeo Rathore in 1562, a fratricidal war for succession started and Chandrasen crowned himself in the capital Jodhpur. But his reign was short lived as Emperor Akbar's army occupied Merta in the same year and the capital Jodhpur in 1563.