Rabia-ud-Daurani

Deceased Person

1622 – 1657

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Who was Rabia-ud-Daurani?

Rabia-ud-Daurani was Empress of the Mughal Empire as the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Aurangzeb, the last of the great Mughal Emperors. She is also known by her born name Dilras Banu Begum. The Bibi Ka Maqbara at Aurangabad was commissioned by her husband as her final resting place.

She mothered five children by Aurangzeb, including Muhammad Azam Shah, the heir apparent anointed by Aurangzeb, who succeeded his father as Mughal Emperor, the poet Princess Zeb-un-Nissa, her father's favourite child, Princess Zinat-un-Nissa, and Sultan Muhammad Akbar, the Emperor's best loved son.

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1622
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Oct 8, 1657
Aurangabad

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on July 23, 2013

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