Short answers, pulled from the story.
Mariam-uz-Zamani was the Empress Consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar, born in 1542 as a daughter to Raja Bharmal of Amer. Her true birth name remains unknown and lost to history, while the name Jodha Bai is a 19th-century misnomer incorrectly linking her to the royal family of Jodhpur.
Mariam-uz-Zamani married Emperor Akbar on the 6th of February 1562 as a strategic alliance to secure the loyalty of the powerful Amber clan. This marriage was not a love match but a political decision that fundamentally altered the religious and social trajectory of the Mughal Empire.
The birth of Prince Salim on the 31st of August 1569 elevated Mariam-uz-Zamani to the highest rank in the imperial harem. This event was the culmination of a spiritual journey involving a pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif Dargah after the death of their twin sons in 1564.
Mariam-uz-Zamani emerged as the most prodigious woman trader of the Mughal Empire, owning the largest ships of the era including the Rahimi and the Ganj-i-Sawai. She held the right to issue official documents known as Farman and maintained a vast commercial empire with numerous agents and financial advisers.
Mariam-uz-Zamani was the only woman to hold the highest military rank of 12,000 cavalry units and acted as a shield for her family in volatile court politics. She intervened in state matters such as securing the release of her son Salim from house arrest and protecting her grandson Khusrau Mirza after Akbar's death in 1605.
Mariam-uz-Zamani died in May 1623 and was buried in a mausoleum close to that of Akbar in Sikandra, Agra. Her tomb was built between 1623 and 1627 and is located only a kilometer from the Tomb of Akbar the Great.