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Ruqaiya Sultana Begum ((ペルシア語:رقیه سلطان بیگم); also spelled as Ruqayya, Ruqayyah) (1542 – 19 January 1626) was an Empress of the Mughal Empire. She was the first and prominent wife of Emperor Akbar.〔 She was also the longest serving Mughal empress having a tenure of over 49 years.〔Her tenure, from 11 February 1556 to 27 October 1605, was 49 years and 259 days〕 She was born a Mughal princess (Shahzadi) and was the only daughter of Mughal prince Hindal Mirza, who was Akbar's youngest paternal uncle.〔 She was also the granddaughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor, as well as the niece of the second, Humayun. She played a crucial role in negotiating a settlement between her husband and her stepson, Jahangir, when the father-son relationship turned sour in the early 17th century, eventually helping Jahangir's accession to the throne. ==Family== ''Shahzadi'' Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was born into the Timurid dynasty as a Mughal princess, and was the only daughter of Mughal prince Hindal Mirza, the youngest and favorite son of the first Mughal emperor Babur from his wife Dildar Begum. Ruqaiya's mother, Sultanam Begum, was the daughter of Muhammad Musa Khwaja and the younger sister of Mahdi Khwaja, who was the brother-in-law of Emperor Babur, being the husband of his sister, Khanzada Begum. Ruqaiya's oldest paternal uncle was the emperor Humayun, who later became her father-in-law as well, while her most notable paternal aunt was Gulbadan Begum, the author of ''Humayun Nama'' ("Book of Humayun"). Being the granddaughter of Emperor Babur and a Timurid princess, Ruqaiya, as well as her first cousin, Akbar, were descendants of the lines of the highest Central Asian aristocracy: Timur or Tamerlane the Great through his son Miran Shah, and Genghis Khan through his son Chagatai Khan. As it was customary for a Mughal princess, Ruqaiya was well educated and knew many languages such as Chagatai, Persian, Arabic and Urdu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruqaiya Sultan Begum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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