She was one of the Mughal ladies who gave a lot of trouble to Akbar in the initial days of his reign. Her son was Mirza Muhammad Hakim. In 1544 Humayun nominated this boy, then three years old, as the governor of Kabul under the charge of Munim Khan. In 1566 Akbar confirmed the appointment. Munim Khan came to the court in 1561 and his son Ghani took his place. Mah Chuchak was politically ambitious. One fine day she threw Ghani out from Kabul and took upon herself the task of directly ruling Kabul. Ghani came back to India. When Akbar heard all of this, he sent Munim Khan with an army against Mah Chuchak. Mah Chuchak met him and defeated Munim khan at Jalalabad. Mah Chuchak ruled Kabul with the help of three advisers, two of whom were killed earlier. Now, even the third one was killed. In their place came Haidar Qasim Kohbur.[4]
Around this time a certain Shah Abdul Maali, who belonged to the family of the great Sayyids of Termez, who had escaped from the prison at Lahore, arrived at Kabul and approached Mah Chuchak Begum for refuge. The Begum welcomed him, was generous to him and gave her daughter Fakhr-un-nisa Begum in marriage with him