Sahiba Mahal

1753),[4] the son of Sadat Khan, a Mughal noble of Turkish origin,[5] who had been Mir Atish (head of artillery)[6] under emperor Farrukhsiyar.

[2] To commemorate her wedding to Muhammad Shah, her father was treated with special favour, and was given the rank of 4000, and the post of Bakhshi of the Ahdis.

His son, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, who was in camp with Safdar Jang near Panipat to return to Delhi and claim the throne.

[13] Sahiba Mahal was ignominiously sent to the widows' house with no special provision for her comfort,[14] and suffered much humiliation and hardship at Udham Bai's hands.

[21] In April 1757, the Durrani king Ahmad Shah, after sacking the imperial capital of Delhi, desired to marry her 16-year-old daughter, Hazrat Begum.

The weeping bride was accompanied by Sahiba Mahal, Badshah Begum, and a few other ladies of note from the imperial harem.

[24] In 1787, Ghulam Kadir, a leader of the Afghan Rohilla, tried to secure the support of Begum Samru, the wife of Walter Reinhardt, and ruler over the principality of Sardhana, who had considerable influence at this time in order to consolidate his position at Emperor Shah Alam II's court.

Sahiba Mahal was so much influenced that she recommended to the emperor that Begam Samru and Najaf Quli Khan should be invited to the presence in palace of Ghulam Kadir.