Born on 30 March 1613 at Akbarabad, she was named Hur al-Nisa Begum by her paternal grandfather, Emperor Jahangir who adopted her as his own daughter.
[1] She was the first of the fourteen children born to Prince Khurram and his wife, Arjumand Banu Begum.
Her maternal grandfather was Asaf Khan IV, the Grand vizier during the reign of her father.
[2] On 21 May 1616, Hur fell ill with smallpox and on 5 June, "the bird of her spirit took wing from this eternal cage and flew to the gardens of Paradise.
While on his way to the Prince's house, the Emperor broke down several times at the thought of the "heavenly child".