Mubarika Yusufzai

Who is Mubarika Yusufzai?

Bibi Mubarika Yusufzai or Mubarika Yusufzay was one of ten wives of Mughal Emperor Babur. She belonged to the Yusufzai tribe of Pashtuns and from the state of Swat in Pakhtunkhwa, in the Yusufzai dominated territory. It is thought that Babur married her to form an unspoken alliance with the Yusufzai Pashtuns so that they will give him and his armies a safe passage to the capital of the Lodi Empire in Delhi, India.

The marriage of Bibi Mubarika and Babur is believed to be a very interesting story. Babur met Bibi Mubarika as a beggar when she was distributing foods among other beggars. She asked him to pray against Babur as the Yusufzais were not happy with his invasion.