[5] Her mother, Jahan Banu Begum, was also a Mughal princess and the daughter of Sultan Murad Mirza, the second son of Emperor Akbar.

[7] In 1631 arrangements for the planned wedding of Dara Shikoh and Nadira Begum were halted when Shikoh's mother, Empress Mumtaz Mahal, died while giving birth to her fourteenth child, Gauharara Begum.

[9] The two women are believed to have got on well, a fact which probably sprung from Jahanara’s involvement in Begum's wedding and her closeness to her brother.

According to the legend, when Aurangzeb fell sick sometime during his teen years, he called Jahanara to ask her if she would support him in his bid for the crown.

[13] Nadira Begum died on 6 June 1659 of dysentery while she was accompanying her husband and family in Bolan Pass, Balochistan.

[14] Begum's last wish was to be buried in India, so Shikoh sent his deceased wife's corpse for burial in Lahore under guard of his soldiers.