Gulbadan - which roughly translates to rose-hued skin - was born in Kabul in 1523 to Dildar Begum, emperor Babur's third-oldest wife. At the time of her birth, her father was miles away, planning ...

This Mughal princess challenged Turkey all by herself, single-handedly shook the Ottoman Empire; she was Emperor Akbar’s… Gulbadan Begum is best known for penning the Humayun-Nama, an ...

At the age of 53, Gulbadan Begum - daughter of Babur, founder of the Mughal empire - and 11 women from the royal household - left the confines of a harem in Fatehpur Sikri to set off on a journey ...