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Queen mothers
Hamida Banu BegumHamida Banu Begum was born in 1527 into a family of Persian descent, yet her life would become inextricably linked to the fate of the Mughal Empire.
Mariam-uz-ZamaniBorn in 1542 as a daughter to Raja Bharmal of Amer, the woman history remembers as Jodha Bai was actually named Mariam-uz-Zamani, a title meaning Mary of the…