Mariam uz-zamani was reported to have been a highly astute business woman, who ran an active international trade in spices, silk, etc.,[44] and thus, amassed a private fortune which dwarfed the treasury of many a European king.[45] She was among the most prodigious women traders at the Mughal court.[46] No other noblewoman on record seems to have been as adventurous a trader as the Queen mother