The oldest daughter of the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (ruled 1628-1658), Princess Fatima Jahanara, was initated into the mystical path along with her younger brother, the heir apparent Dara Shikoh. These royal children were inspired by the Sufi Saint Mian Mir in Lahore (may Allah be pleased with him) [d.1635]. Prince Dara Shikoh dedicated a separate chapter in the biography he wrote about this, his mystical teacher, to Mian Mir's own saintly sister, Bibi Jamal Khatun. 

The Sufi Order into which princess Fatima Jahanara and her brother had been imitated was the Qadiriyya. However, the Mogul family usually preferred the Chishtiyya Tariqa, and it was in keeping with this tradition that the princess made a pilgrimage to Ajmer after recuperating from severe burns. After her death in 1681 she was laid to rest in the courtyard of the graceful tomb of Nizamuddin Auliya (may Allah be pleased with him) [d.1325] in Delhi. As patroness of mystical literature, princess Fatima Jahanara either ordered translations of many works of classical literature or had them explained by commentaries. Her niece Zeb un-nisa (d.1689), the daughter of her brother Aurangzeb, was also inclined to mysticism and poetry.

These are just a few noblewoman in the Islamic world who had close ties and contact with Sufi brotherhoods.