{{Short description|17th century Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar}} {{Multiple issues| {{one source|date=September 2011}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2011}} }}

{{Infobox scholar | known_for = Muslim Scholar | era = [[Mughal India]], 17th century | spouse = [[Daniyal Mirza]] | image_name = | image_size = | main_interests = Qur'anic commentary (Tafseer) }}

'''Jana Begum''' was a Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar, noted for being one of the first women to write a commentary (Arabic: [[tafsir]]) on the [[Qur'an]] in the 17th century. She was the daughter of [[Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan]], a scholar and general under [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Akbar]].<ref>Yoginder Sikand. Bastions of Believers: Madrasas and Islamic Education in India. (Delhi: Penguin Books), 2005, p. 35</ref> Her grandfather was [[Bairam Khan]], another general under Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar. Bairam Khan had also served as Regent to Akbar.

Jana Begum later went on to marry [[Daniyal Mirza]], a son of Akbar making her the Mughal Emperor's daughter-in-law. Akbar had also married Bairam Khan's widow [[Salima Sultan Begum]] hence Salima not only was step-grandmother to Jana, but also step-mother-in-law.

Jana Begum also wrote a treatise on music.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schofield |first=Katherine Butler |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEn8EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jana+Begum%22&pg=PA79 |title=Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748–1858 |date=2023-11-08 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-05860-5 |language=en}}</ref>

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