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
author
historian
memoirist
auntOf Akbar
commissionedBy Akbar
countryOfCitizenship Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: "Mughal Empire"
culturalSignificance important female voice in early Mughal history
dynasty Mughal dynasty
ethnicGroup Turko-Mongol
father Babur
fullName Gulbadan Begum
surface form: "Gulbadan Banu Begum"
gender female
genre historical narrative
memoir
hasHonorific Begum
historicalPeriod 16th century
knownFor providing a female perspective on Mughal imperial life
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
princess
writer
placeOfResidence Agra
Kabul
primarySourceFor domestic life of the Mughal court
life of Emperor Humayun
relative Akbar
religion Islam
roleInCourt member of the Mughal imperial harem
sibling Hindal Mirza
Humayun
Kamran Mirza
sourceOfInformationFor historiography of the Mughal Empire
workSubject Mughal dynasty
surface form: "Mughal royal family"

biography of Humayun
wroteAbout Humayun
Mughal court
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: "early Mughal Empire"

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babur child Gulbadan Begum
Gulbadan Begum fullName Gulbadan Begum
this entity surface form: "Gulbadan Banu Begum"

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