Who was Mah Chuchak Begum?

Mah Chuchak Begum:  She was wife of  Humayun and Akbar’s step mother. She was ambitious about her own and son, Mirza Mohammad Hakim’s political career. In the year 1554 A.D. Humayun nominated him as the Governor of Kabul under the guidance or charge of Munim Khan. 

Mah Chuchak Begum herself threw Ghani, Munim khan’s grandson, out of Kabul and took the task of Kabul’s administration and ruled directly. Ghani khan came back to India and told Akbar the whole story. Akbar sent Munim Khan and the army against Mah Chuchak but she defeated Munim’s powerful army at Jalalabad. She ruled Kabul with the help of his three trustworthy advisers, later all of the three were killed by Akbar.

Mah Chuchak gave political refuge to Shah Abdul Mali (Who belonged to the great Sayyids of Tirmiz) and married her daughter Fakru-n-Nisa to him, which was politically beneficial for her. By using her diplomatic skills and intelligence, she created opportunities in the patriarchal world for herself.