Heer Kunwari was born a Rajput princess and was also the eldest daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amer.[2][3][4][9] She was married to Emperor Akbar in 1562 CE.[5][3][4] She was honoured with the title Mariam-uz-Zamani ("Mary of the Age") after she gave birth to Jahangir.[2][5][10] She died in Agra in 1623[5] and her son Jahangir built a tomb for her in between 1623 and 1627 CE.[11][12][13]The tomb is only a kilometer away from the Tomb of Akbar the Great, which was built as per her wish, the nearest of all the tombs of his other wives