Bibi (title)

Updated on Dec 28, 2023

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Similar Kunwar (title), Nayak (title), Nizam (title)

Bibi means Miss in Urdu and is frequently used as a respectful title for Muslim women in South Asia when added to the given name.

Bibi, like Begum, is used as a surname by some Muslim British Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women.

Notable people known by this title

Aisha Bibi, 12th-century noble woman, after whom a memorial and village are named in modern Kazakhstan

Asia Bibi, subject of a noted blasphemy case in Pakistan

Chand Bibi (1550–1599 CE), also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, Indian Muslim woman warrior

Jodhi Bibi, a.k.a. Mariam-uz-Zamani and other names (1542–1623), Empress of the Mughal Empire

Mukhtaran Bibi (born c. 1972, now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī), survivor of a gang rape in Pakistan

Taramon Bibi, female freedom fighter in Bangladesh

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