Shahar Banu Begum

Shahar Banu Begum
Shahzadi of Bijapur
Empress consort of the Mughal Empire
Tenure14 March 1707 – 20 June 1707
Bornc. 1663
Bijapur, India
Spouse
(m. 1672; d. 1707)
Names
Shahar Banu
HouseAdil Shahi (by birth)
Timurid (by marriage)
FatherAli Adil Shah II
MotherKhurshida Khanum
ReligionIslam

Shahar Banu Begum (c. 1663 – ?) was Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 14 March 1707 to 8 June 1707 as the third (and last) wife of Emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She is popularly known by the titles Padishah Bibi and Padshah Begum.

By birth, Shahar Banu was a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and the daughter of Ali Adil Shah II and his consort Khurshida Khanum. She was the sister of Sikandar Adil Shah.