Begum (name)

Begum is a female title which is also used in Mirza families/lineages, Daughter of Beg or Wife of Beg, a given name and surname.

Historic title

Some examples of women with the title of Begum for example Nawabs of Bhopal or Begum of Bhopal.

Women with the title Begum include:

• Aisha Sultan Begum, Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the first wife of Emperor Babur
• Aram Banu Begum (1584–1624), Mughal princess and was the youngest daughter of Emperor Akbar
• Badshah Begum (c. 1703 – 1789), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire 1721-1748 as the first wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
• Bakht-un-Nissa Begum (c. 1547 - 1608), a Mughal princess, the daughter of Mughal emperor Humayun
• Bakshi Banu Begum (born 1540), Mughal princess and was the second daughter of Emperor Humayun
• Bega Begum (c. 1511 – 1582), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire 1530-1540 and 1555-1556 as the first wife and chief consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
• Begum Hazrat Mahal (c. 1820 – 1879), also called as Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
• Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–1706), Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
• Ghaseti Begum, the eldest daughter of Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during 1740-1758
• Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 1603), Mughal princess and the youngest daughter of Emperor Babur
• Hamida Banu Begum (c. 1527 – 1604), wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
• Jahanara Begum (1614–1681), Mughal princess and the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan
• Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah
• Kandahari Begum (1593 – ?), first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
• Khanzada Begum (c. 1478 – 1545), a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana
• Lutfunnisa Begum, the second wife of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal
• Mah Chuchak Begum (died 1564), wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
• Maham Begum (died 1534), Empress of Mughal Empire 1526-1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Babur
• Masuma Sultan Begum (died 1509), Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fourth wife of Emperor Babur
• Nadira Banu Begum (1618–1659), Mughal princess and the wife of Crown prince Dara Shukoh
• Nur-un-Nissa Begum (wife of Jahangir), (born c. 1570), a Timurid princess, the daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza. She was empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir
• Roshanara Begum (1617–1671), Mughal princess and the second daughter of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his chief consort, Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
• Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (c. 1542 – 1626), empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 1557 to 1605 as the first wife and chief consort of the third Mughal emperor Akbar
• Saliha Banu Begum (died 1620), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Emperor Jahangir
• Shah Begum (wife of Jahangir) (c. 1570 - 1604), meaning 'The Royal Lady', was the first wife of Prince Salim Mirza future Emperor Jahangir
• Salima Sultan Begum (1539–1613), fourth wife of Emperor Akbar
• Yakhan Begum, a Karkiya princess, daughter of the last Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (r. 1538–1592)
• Zainab Sultan Begum, Queen consort of Ferghana Valley and Kabul as the second wife of the first Emperor Babur.

Contemporary (20th century title)

• Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (1906–2000), fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
• Humaira Begum (1918–2002), wife and first cousin of King Mohammed Zahir Shah and the last Queen consort of Afghanistan
• Mah Parwar Begum (died 1941), Queen of Afghanistan

Given name

• Begum Akhtar (1914–1974), Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music
• Begum Ishrat Ashraf, Pakistani politician
• Begüm Dalgalar (born 1988), Turkish basketball player
• Begum Tabassum Hasan (born 1979), Indian politician
• Begüm Kütük (born 1980), Turkish actress and model
• Begum Khurshid Mirza (1918–1989), Pakistani television actress and film actress
• Begum Para (1926–2008), Indian Hindi film actress
• Begum Samru, Indian politician
• Begum Rokeya, Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educationist
• Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana), Indian film actress

Middle name

• Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı (born 2001), Turkish aerobic gymnast
• Rahil Begum Sherwani (1894-1982), founder of the All India Women's Muslim League

Surname

• Amena Begum, Bangladeshi politician
• Ameena Begum, American Sufi
• Apsana Begum, British Labour Party politician
• Bahar Begum (born c. 1942), Pakistani film actress
• Doly Begum, Canadian politician
• Fatma Begum, Indian actress, director, and screenwriter
• Fatima Begum, Indian actor
• Fatima Begum (politician) (1890–1958), respected woman of the Pakistan Movement
• Fatima Sughra Begum (died 2017), Pakistani activist and figure in Pakistani politics
• Firoza Begum (singer) (1930–2014), Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer
• Maleka Begum (born 1944), Bangladeshi feminist, author, academic
• Mehnaz Begum (1958–2013), Pakistani singer
• Mubarak Begum, Indian singer
• Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian Bollywood actress
• Mumtaz Begum (activist) (1923 – 1967), Bengali language activist
• Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi (1933 – 1969), Indian film actress
• Mumtaz Begum (politician) (born 1956), former mayor of Bangalore
• Momtaz Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
• Momtaz Begum-Hossain (born 1981), English journalist
• Munni Begum Urdu Pakistani ghazal singer
• Naseem Begum (1936–1971), Pakistani film playback singer
• Rehana Begum, Indian artisan
• Ruqsana Begum (born 1983), English kickboxer and boxer
• Sharmeena Begum (born 1999), left the United Kingdom to join the ISIL in December 2014
• Shamima Begum, one of three British teenagers who married ISIS warriors. See Bethnal Green trio
• Shamshad Begum (1919–2013), Indian "playback" singer
• Zubeida Begum (1926–1952), Indian film actress

See also

• Mirza
• Baig
• Khanum
• Begzadi, decedent of a Beg