Salima Sultan Begum was the daughter of Mughal princess Gulrukh Begum and her husband, the Viceroy of Kannauj, Nuruddin Muhammad Mirza. Her father was the grandson of Khwaja Hasan Naqshbandi and was a scion of … See more

Salima was a highly educated and accomplished woman, has often been described as extremely talented, and was tactful. Proficient in Persian, she was a gifted writer and a … See more

While on his way to Mecca, Bairam Khan was attacked in Patan, Gujarat on 31 January 1561 by a band of Afghans, led by a man named Mubarak Khan, whose father had been … See more

Salima died in 1613 in Agra, after suffering from an illness. Her step-son, Jahangir, gives particulars of her birth and descent; her marriages. By his orders, her body was laid in Mandarkar Garden in Agra, which she had commissioned.
Jahangir praises … See more

At the age of 18, Salima Begum was married to the considerably older Bairam Khan (who was in his fifties) on 7 December 1557 in Jalandhar, Punjab. Bairam was the commander-in-chief of the Mughal army and a powerful statesman at the Mughal court, … See more

Salima had much influence over Akbar and her step-son, Salim, and wielded major political influence in the Mughal court during both the father-son's respective reigns. She played a crucial role in negotiating a settlement between Akbar and Salim … See more

• Salima Sultan Begum is a character in Indu Sundaresan's award-winning historical novel The Twentieth Wife (2002).
• Salima was portrayed by Manisha Yadav in Zee TV's fictional drama Jodha Akbar.
• Riya Deepsi portrayed Salima in Sony TV's historical drama See more