Jahanzeb Banu Begum
| Jahanzeb Banu Begum | |||||
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| Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire | |||||
| Died | March 1705 Gujarat, India | ||||
| Burial | Khuldabad, India | ||||
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| House | Timurid (by birth) | ||||
| Father | Dara Shikoh | ||||
| Mother | Nadira Banu Begum | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), popularly known as Jani Begum, was a Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah, the heir-apparent to Emperor Aurangzeb, who briefly became Mughal emperor in 1707.
The Italian writer and traveller, Niccolao Manucci, who worked under her father, described her as being beautiful and courageous.