Sultan Nigar Khanum
| Sultan Nigar Khanum | |||||
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| Queen consort of Samarkand | |||||
| Tenure | 1494 - 1495 | ||||
| Born | Moghulistan | ||||
| Died |
c. 1528 Moghulistan |
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| Spouse | Kasym Khan | ||||
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| House | House of Borjigin (by birth) | ||||
| Father | Yunus Khan | ||||
| Mother | Shah Begum | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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| Sultan Nigar |
Sultan Nigar Khanum (died 1528) was the Queen consort of Samarkand as the fourth wife of Sultan Mahmud Mirza, the King of Ferghana Valley. She was born a princess of the Chagatai Khanate as a daughter of Yunus Khan, the Great Khan of Moghulistan and his second wife Shah Begum.
Sultan Nigar Khanum was born a princess of the Chagatai Khanate as the second daughter of Yunus Khan, the Great Khan of Moghulistan and his second wife Shah Begum. Her paternal grandfather was Uwais Khan, the Moghul Khan of Mughalistan and her father's predecessor.
Sultan Nigar was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, the founder and Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire through her father's side. Being the daughter of a Khan, Qutlugh held the title of "Khanum" ("daughter of a Khan or princess") by birth. She was also the step aunt of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire of India as well as its first Emperor.
She married firstly to Sultan Mahmud Mirza. With him she had a son, Sultan Wais also known as Khan Mirza. She was widowed in January, 1495. On Mahmud's death in Samarkand she joined her brothers in Tashkent, going off "without giving any notice of her intentions," says Babar.
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