Saliha Banu Begum (d. 10 June 1620) was the chief consort of Emperor Jahangir.
[1] She was the Padshah Begum for the most part of the reign of her emperor husband until her death in the year 1620.
However, Nur Jahan was a formidable rival who had dominated not only Jahangir but also governmental affairs.
[8] Williams Hawkins, a representative of the English East India Company noted her among Jahangir's chief wives.
He said the following: Hee (Jahangir) hath .... three hundred wives whereof four be chiefe as queenes, to say, the first, named Padasha Banu, daughter to Kaime Chan (Qaim Khan); the second is called Noore Mahal (Nur Jahan), the daughter of Gais Beyge (Mirza Ghiyas Beg); the third is the daughter of Seinchan (Zain Khan Koka); the fourth is the daughter of Hakim Humaun (Mirza Muhammad Hakim), who was brother to his father Ekber Padasha (Akbar)[9]Saliha Banu Begum was reportedly to be well versed in Hindi poetry.