Hamid Banu

Hamida Banu Begum, a prominent figure in Mughal history, was the empress consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and the Mother of the legendary third Mughal emperor Akbar. Born around 1527 to a family of Persian descent, her father, Shaik Ali Akbar Jami, was a Shia preceptor to Mughal prince Hindal Mirza. Hamida Banu’s…