Malika-i-Jahan

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Malika-i-Jahan is an honorific title meaning "Queen of the World," historically associated with powerful royal women in the Indian subcontinent.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malika-i-Jahan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian-language title ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
associatedWith Muslim dynasties ⓘ
queens consort ⓘ
royal women ⓘ
componentMeaning Jahan means world ⓘ
Malika means queen ⓘ
culturalContext Islamic court culture ⓘ
Persianate courts ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
denotes supreme queenly status ⓘ
etymologyComponent Jahan ⓘ
Malika ⓘ
genderAssociation female ⓘ
genderedTitle yes ⓘ
grammaticalConnector -i- (Persian ezafe) ⓘ
historicalUsage early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
honorificStatus exalted ⓘ
honorificType regnal consort title ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Persian ⓘ
literalTranslation Queen of the World ⓘ
meaning Queen of the World ⓘ
regionOfProminence Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
relatedTitle Malika ⓘ
Padshah Begum ⓘ
Shahbanu ⓘ
linked to: Shahrbanu
royalRank queen ⓘ
scriptUsed Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
semanticField prestige ⓘ
royalty ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
titleCategory monarchical title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
titleFor empress consort ⓘ
powerful royal women ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
titleScope imperial ⓘ
usedAs court title ⓘ
formal style of address ⓘ
usedByReligion Islam ⓘ
usedInCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
usedInRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Razia Sultana → title → Malika-i-Jahan ⓘ
Alauddin Khalji → spouse → Malika-i-Jahan ⓘ