Begum (name)
Begum or Begüm is a female title, given name and surname. It comes from Turkic languages, it is formed by adding the suffix "-um", meaning "mine" to the word beg. It means "my lord, lady" and is used as the female equivalent of the word bey. It is also used in Mirza families/lineages.
Historic title
Some examples of women with the title of Begum for example Nawabs of Bhopal or Begum of Bhopal.Women with the title Begum include:
- Khanzada Begum, a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana
- Maham Begum, Empress Consort of Mughal Empire, third wife and chief consort of Babur, Queen Mother of Mughal Empire
- Aisha Sultan Begum, Empress consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the first wife of Emperor Babur
- Zainab Sultan Begum, Empress consort of Ferghana Valley and Kabul as the second wife of the first Emperor Babur.
- Masuma Sultan Begum, Empress consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fourth wife of Emperor Babur
- Gulbadan Begum, Mughal princess and the youngest daughter of Emperor Babur
- Yakhan Begum, a Karkiya princess, daughter of the last Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan
- Bega Begum, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire and first and chief consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
- Hamida Banu Begum, Empress Consort of the Mughal Empire as wife of emperor Humayun, Queen mother of Mughal Empire
- Mah Chuchak Begum, wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
- Bakshi Banu Begum, Mughal princess and was the second daughter of Emperor Humayun
- Bakht-un-Nissa Begum, a Mughal princess, the daughter of Mughal emperor Humayun
- Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum, Empress Consort, chief and favorite wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar and Queen Mother of Mughal Empire
- Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, first and chief wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar
- Salima Sultan Begum, third wife and chief consort of Mughal emperor Akbar and Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar
- Shakr-un-Nissa Begum, Mughal princess, daughter of Mughal emperor Akbar
- Aram Banu Begum, a Mughal princess, youngest daughter of Mughal Emperor Akbar
- Shah Begum, first and chief wife of Prince Salim, future, Emperor Jahangir
- Nur-un-Nissa Begum,, a Timurid princess, the daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza, wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir
- Saliha Banu Begum, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Emperor Jahangir
- Hoshmand Banu Begum, Mughal princess, granddaughter of Mughal emperor Jahangir and daughter of crowned prince Khusrau Mirza
- Bahar Banu Begum, Mughal princess, daughter of Mughal emperor Jahangir
- Kandahari Begum, first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
- Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess and the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan
- Roshanara Begum, Mughal princess and the second daughter of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
- Gauhar Ara Begum, Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
- Nadira Banu Begum, Mughal princess and the wife of Crown prince Dara Shikoh
- Jahanzeb Banu Begum, Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah
- Badshah Begum, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire as the first wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
- Ghaseti Begum, the eldest daughter of Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa during 1740–1758
- Begum Hazrat Mahal, also called as Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
- Lutfunnisa Begum, the second wife of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal
- Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan, fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
- Mah Parwar Begum, Queen of Afghanistan
Given name
Begum
- Begum Akhtar, Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music
- Begum Ishrat Ashraf, Pakistani politician
- Begum Tabassum Hasan, Indian politician
- Begum Khurshid Mirza, Pakistani television actress and film actress
- Begum Para, Indian Hindi film actress
- Begum Rokeya, Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educationist
- Begum Rosy Kabir, Bangladeshi politician
- Begum Samru, Indian politician
- Sharmila Tagore, Indian film actress
Begüm
- Begüm Birgören, Turkish actress
- Begüm Dalgalar, Turkish basketball player
- Begüm Doğan Faralyalı, Turkish businesswoman who is the chairwoman of Doğan Holding.
- Begüm Kütük, Turkish actress and model
- Begüm Pusat, Turkish wheelchair basketball player
- Begüm Yuva, Turkish archer
Middle name
- Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı, Turkish aerobic gymnast
- Rahil Begum Sherwani, founder of the All India Women's Muslim League
- Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Turkish female basketball player
Last name
- Ameena Begum, American Sufi
- Amena Begum, Bangladeshi politician
- Apsana Begum, British Labour Party politician
- Bahar Begum, Pakistani film actress
- Doly Begum, Canadian politician
- Fatima Begum, Indian actor
- Fatima Begum (politician), respected woman of the Pakistan Movement
- Fatima Sughra Begum, Pakistani activist and figure in Pakistani politics
- Firoza Begum (singer), Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer
- Halima Begum, Bangladeshi-British charity executive
- Humaira Begum, last Afghanistan Queen consort
- Julaiha Begum, Singaporean murderer
- Maleka Begum, Bangladeshi feminist, author, academic
- Mehnaz Begum, Pakistani singer
- Michael Begum, better known as BrolyLegs, professional video game player
- Momtaz Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
- Momtaz Begum-Hossain, English journalist
- Mubarak Begum, Indian singer
- Mumtaz Begum (activist), Bengali language activist
- Mumtaz Begum (actress), Indian Bollywood actress
- Mumtaz Begum (politician), former mayor of Bangalore
- Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi, Indian film actress
- Munni Begum, Urdu Pakistani ghazal singer
- Naseem Begum, Pakistani film playback singer
- Rehana Begum, Indian artisan
- Ruqsana Begum, English kickboxer and boxer
- Shamima Begum, one of three British teenagers who married ISIS terrorists.
- Shamshad Begum, Indian "playback" singer
- Sharmeena Begum, left the United Kingdom to join the ISIL in December 2014
- Zubeida Begum, Indian film actress