Background

By birth, she was a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and was the daughter of King Ali Adil Shah II and his consort Khurshida Khanum. She was also the sister of King Sikandar Adil Shah, her father"s successor and the ruler of Bijapur. Shahzadi Shahar Banu Begum was born a princess of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and was the daughter of King Ali Adil Shah II and his consort Khurshida Khanum.

Shahar"s paternal grandparents were King Mohammed Adil Shah, her father"s predecessor and his Queen consort Taj Jahan Begum.

Shahar"s siblings included her two brothers, the princes Hussain and Sikandar, the latter of whom succeeded her father as King in 1672 at the age of four.

Career

By all accounts, Shahar was greatly loved by the people of Bijapur as well as by her family. She was very pretty as well as intelligent. To see the princess was a comfort and inspiration to the people of her father"s kingdom.

She was very graceful, charming, and her smile was reportedly, bewitching.

The princess was courageous and devoted to her kingdom for she herself played a great part in her state"s defense in 1679 when she was forcibly married for a political alliance.

Connections

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King Sikandar