Begum (name)

Begum is a female title which is also used in Mirza families/lineages, Daughter of Beg or Wife of Beg, a given name and surname.

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 (c. 1478 – 1545), a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana
 * Maham Begum (died 1534), 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 (died 1509), Empress consort of Ferghana Valley and Samarkand as the fourth wife of Emperor Babur
 * Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 1603), Mughal princess and the youngest daughter of Emperor Babur
 * Yakhan Begum, a Karkiya princess, daughter of the last Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (r. 1538–1592)
 * Bega Begum (c. 1511 – 1582), Empress consort of the Mughal Empire and first and chief consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
 * Hamida Banu Begum (c. 1527 – 1604), Empress Consort of the Mughal Empire as wife of emperor Humayun, Queen mother of Mughal Empire
 * Mah Chuchak Begum (died 1564), wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun
 * Bakshi Banu Begum (born 1540), Mughal princess and was the second daughter of Emperor Humayun
 * Bakht-un-Nissa Begum (c. 1547 – 1608), a Mughal princess, the daughter of Mughal emperor Humayun
 * Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum (c. 1542 – 1623), Empress Consort, chief and favorite wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1562–1605) and Queen Mother of Mughal Empire
 * Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (c. 1542 – 1626), first and chief wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar
 * Salima Sultan Begum (c. 1538 – 1613), third wife and chief consort of Mughal emperor Akbar and Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar
 * Shakr-un-Nissa Begum (c. 1571 – 1653), Mughal princess, daughter of Mughal emperor Akbar
 * Aram Banu Begum (c. 1584 – 1624), a Mughal princess, youngest daughter of Mughal Emperor Akbar
 * Shah Begum (c. 1570 – 1604), first and chief wife of Prince Salim, future, Emperor Jahangir
 * Nur-un-Nissa Begum, (born c. 1570), a Timurid princess, the daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza, wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir
 * Saliha Banu Begum (died 1620), 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 (born 1593), first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
 * Jahanara Begum (1614–1681), Mughal princess and the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan
 * Roshanara Begum (1617–1671), Mughal princess and the second daughter of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
 * Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–1706), Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
 * Nadira Banu Begum (1618–1659), Mughal princess and the wife of Crown prince Dara Shikoh
 * Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah
 * Badshah Begum (c. 1703 – 1789), 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 (c. 1820 – 1879), 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

Contemporary (20th-century title)
 * Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (1906–2000), fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
 * Mah Parwar Begum (died 1941), Queen of Afghanistan

Begum
actress and film actress
 * Begum Akhtar (1914–1974), Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music
 * Begum Ishrat Ashraf, Pakistani politician
 * Begum Tabassum Hasan (born 1979), Indian politician
 * Begum Khurshid Mirza (1918–1989), Pakistani television
 * Begum Para (1926–2008), Indian Hindi film actress
 * Begum Rokeya, Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educationist
 * Begum Samru, Indian politician
 * Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana), Indian film actress

Begüm

 * Begüm Dalgalar (born 1988), Turkish basketball player
 * Begüm Kütük (born 1980), Turkish actress and model
 * Begüm Pusat (born 2004), Turkish wheelchair basketball player

Middle name

 * Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı (born 2001), Turkish aerobic gymnast
 * Rahil Begum Sherwani (1894–1982), founder of the All India Women's Muslim League

Last name

 * Ameena Begum, American Sufi
 * Amena Begum, Bangladeshi politician
 * Apsana Begum, British Labour Party politician
 * Bahar Begum (born c. 1942), Pakistani film actress
 * Doly Begum, Canadian politician
 * Fatima Begum, Indian actor
 * Fatima Begum (politician) (1890–1958), respected woman of the Pakistan Movement
 * Fatima Sughra Begum (died 2017), Pakistani activist and figure in Pakistani politics
 * Fatma Begum, Indian actress, director, and screenwriter
 * Firoza Begum (singer) (1930–2014), Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer
 * Humaira Begum (1918–2002), last Afghanistan Queen consort
 * Julaiha Begum (1948–2001), Singaporean murderer
 * Maleka Begum (born 1944), Bangladeshi feminist, author, academic
 * Mehnaz Begum (1958–2013), Pakistani singer
 * Michael Begum, better known as BrolyLegs, professional video game player
 * Momtaz Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
 * Momtaz Begum-Hossain (born 1981), English journalist
 * Mubarak Begum, Indian singer
 * Mumtaz Begum (activist) (1923 – 1967), Bengali language activist
 * Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian Bollywood actress
 * Mumtaz Begum (politician) (born 1956), former mayor of Bangalore
 * Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi (1933 – 1969), Indian film actress
 * Munni Begum Urdu Pakistani ghazal singer
 * Naseem Begum (1936–1971), Pakistani film playback singer
 * Rehana Begum, Indian artisan
 * Ruqsana Begum (born 1983), English kickboxer and boxer
 * Shamima Begum, one of three British teenagers who married ISIS terrorists.
 * Shamshad Begum (1919–2013), Indian "playback" singer
 * Sharmeena Begum (born 1999), left the United Kingdom to join the ISIL in December 2014
 * Zubeida Begum (1926–1952), Indian film actress