Gulbadan Begum
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Gulbadan Begum was a Mughal princess and memoirist, best known for writing the Humayun-nama, an important historical account of her half-brother Emperor Humayun’s life and reign.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal princess
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author → historian → memoirist → |
| auntOf | Akbar → |
| commissionedBy | Akbar → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
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surface form: "Mughal Empire"
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| culturalSignificance | important female voice in early Mughal history → |
| dynasty | Mughal dynasty → |
| ethnicGroup | Turko-Mongol → |
| father | Babur → |
| fullName |
Gulbadan Begum
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surface form: "Gulbadan Banu Begum"
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| gender | female → |
| genre |
historical narrative
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memoir → |
| hasHonorific | Begum → |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century → |
| knownFor |
providing a female perspective on Mughal imperial life
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writing an eyewitness account of Humayun’s life and reign → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Persian → |
| literaryForm | prose → |
| literaryTradition | Persian literature of the Mughal court → |
| mother | Dildar Begum → |
| notability | author of one of the earliest known prose works by a woman in Persian in South Asia → |
| notableWork | Humayun-nama → |
| occupation |
court historian
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princess → writer → |
| placeOfResidence |
Agra
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Kabul → |
| primarySourceFor |
domestic life of the Mughal court
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life of Emperor Humayun → |
| relative | Akbar → |
| religion | Islam → |
| roleInCourt | member of the Mughal imperial harem → |
| sibling |
Hindal Mirza
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Humayun → Kamran Mirza → |
| sourceOfInformationFor | historiography of the Mughal Empire → |
| workSubject |
Mughal dynasty
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surface form: "Mughal royal family"
biography of Humayun → |
| wroteAbout |
Humayun
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Mughal court → Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) →
surface form: "early Mughal Empire"
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