Other names provided by various sources include Harkha Bai, Shahi begum, Jiya Rani, Maanmati, Harika, and Shahi-Bai. In an 18th-century genealogy of her clan (the Kachwahas) for example, she is referred to as 'Harkhan Champavati'. Later historical accounts give several suggestions for her birth name. This was the name by which she was referred to in contemporary Mughal chronicles, including Jahangir's autobiography, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri. 'Mariam-uz-Zamani' was an honorific title bestowed on her by Akbar on the occasion of their son Jahangir's birth. Īrtistic impression of chief Rajput Queen of Akbar, Mariam-uz-Zamani, commonly known as Jodha bai. She was a senior-ranking wife of Akbar who commanded a high rank in the imperial harem. She is known to be the first and last love of Emperor Akbar. Mariam-uz-Zamani is recorded to be an extremely beautiful woman with uncommon beauty, an intelligent, a very amiable, tactful, astute, secular and virtuous woman. The Empress held a prodigious influence in the matters of court during Akbar's reign and was highly respected by Akbar throughout her life who is recorded to consult her often in the important matters. Several medieval historical chronicles, written during the reign of Emperor Akbar namely 'Tarikh-I-Farishta' and 'Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh', by Abdul Qadir Badayuni who was a courtier in Akbar's court states Mariam uz Zamani to be the favorite and most loved consort of Akbar. The Empress was the most influential consort of Akbar. She was the mother of Akbar's eldest surviving son and eventual successor, Jahangir and the grandmother of Shah Jahan. She is widely regarded in modern Indian historiography as exemplifying both Akbar's and the Mughals' tolerance of religious differences and their inclusive policies within an expanding multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire.
Her marriage to Akbar led to a gradual shift in the latter's religious and social policies.
The wedding, held in Sambhar, was a political one. īorn a Hindu Rajput princess in 1542, Mariam-uz-Zamani was offered in marriage to Akbar by her father, Raja Bharmal of Amber. She was the longest serving Hindu empress of Mughal Empire with a tenure of forty-three years (1562–1605). In subsequent centuries, she has been referred to with several other names, including Jodha bai, Heer Kunwari, and Harkha Bai. 1542 – ) was one of the three chief consorts of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. Mariam-uz-Zamani ( Persian: مریم الزمانی, lit.' Mary of the Age' c.
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