Masuma Sultan Begum
| Masuma Sultan Begum | |
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| Timurid princess | |
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Queen consort of Ferghana Valley Queen consort of Samarkand |
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| Tenure | c. 1507 – 1509 |
| Died |
c. 1509 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Spouse | Babur |
| Issue | Masuma Sultan Begum |
| House | House of Timur (by birth) |
| Father | Sultan Ahmed Mirza |
| Mother | Habiba Sultan Begum |
| Religion | Islam |
Masuma Sultan Begum (died 1509) was the Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fifth wife of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.
Masuma was a first cousin of her husband and was a Timurid princess by birth. She was the fifth and youngest daughter of Babur's paternal uncle, Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the King of Samarkand and Bukhara.
Masuma Sultan Begum was born a Timurid princess as the fifth and youngest daughter of Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the King of Samarkand and Bukhara, and his fifth wife Habiba Sultan Begum, niece of Sultan Husain Aghun. She had five elder half sisters, of which two became her sisters-in-law. She was the step-daughter of Mihr Nigar Khanum, sister of Babur's mother Qutlugh Nigar Khanum. She was also the half sister of Aisha Sultan Begum, first wife of Babur, whom she later divorced, under the influence of their eldest sister Rabia Sultan Begum.
Her father was the eldest son and successor of Abu Sa'id Mirza, the Emperor of the Timurid Empire. Masuma's paternal uncles included Umar Sheikh Mirza, the ruler of Ferghana Valley, who later became her father-in-law as well while her first cousins included her future husband, Babur, and his elder sister, Khanzada Begum.
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