title by which she was referred to in contemporary Mughal chronicles, including Jahangir's autobiography, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri. Apart from the title of Mariam-uz-Zamani, she also bore two more glorious titles of 'Mallika-e-Muezamma' ( 'Exalted Empress') and 'Mallika-e-Hindustan' ( 'Empress of Hindustan'). She was commonly referred as 'Shahi Begum' ( 'Imperial consort') throughout her reign. She would officially use the name Wali Nimat Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. Erroneous Identification The misnomer of Jodha Bai Akbar ordained that the names of women of his seraglio should not be mentioned in public as the sanctity of Mughal women was considered so great that even their names could not be pronounced, they should be designated by some epithet either from the place of their birth or the country or the city in which they have been first regarded by the monarch with the eye of affection, hence Mariam Zamani had been addressed as the daughter of Raja Bharmal or sister of Raja Bhagwant Das in Akbarnama. Her son, Salim referred to her by her title, Hazrat Mariam-uz-Zamani in his chronicles. This led to the confusion and freedom exercised by various historians to guess and speculate her birth name. The name by which she is most popularly known in modern times is 'Jodha Bai'. The name 'Jodha Bai' was first used in relation to Mariam-uz-Zamani in James Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, a colonialist history written in the early 19th century. This naming appears to have been an error, given that it implies a relationship with the royal family of Jodhpur, rather than that with the Rajas of Amber. Instead, it is assumed that 'Jodha Bai' or 'Jodh Bai' in fact refers to the wife of Jahangir, Jagat Gosain, the daughter of Raja Udai Singh of Jodhpur. Misidentification as Christian Mariam-uz-Zamani's identity has been throughout centuries falsely inferred as Christian primarily on the pretext of her title, 'Mariam', and the absence of her background details from official Mughal chronicles giving rise to speculation about her race and religion. It was presumed by various writers that since she was named Mariam, she must have been a Christian lady. However Islam revers Mary or Mariam as their own. Maryam is the only woman named in their holy book Quran and as per Muslims, she was the greatest woman to ever lived. This signifies the honour bestowed upon the empress and her distinguished rank as Akbar's wife as a