Mah Laqa Bai

Mah Laqa Bai was recorded at birth as چندا بی بی. She also worked under the name Chanda. The authorities additionally record the headings Chanda Bibi, Mah Laqa Chanda and Chanda. Her recorded language was Urdu.

What the record establishes about Mah Laqa Bai.

Mah Laqa Bai is recorded as a citizen of Hyderabad State. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation politician. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation courtesan. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation soldier. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation writer. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation singer.

Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the occupation poet. Mah Laqa Bai is classed in the genre ghazal. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded as politician, singer, courtesan, poet and soldier. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded with the citizenship of Hyderabad State. Mah Laqa Bai is recorded at birth as چندا بی بی.

The identifiers under which Mah Laqa Bai may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Mah Laqa Bai is established in the international name authorities as MusicBrainz 7b7e6db2-02f3-4a75-94b2-332d19ca14eb, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 1111815941, Library of Congress no2002060846, ISNI 0000000044325414, VIAF 58751393 and Wikidata Q6732616.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Mah Laqa Bai, Dance Matters Too, 2018. The dancing ghazals of Mah Laqa Bai “Chanda”, Art and Feminisms, 2025. Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame, When Sun Meets Moon, 2016. Mah Laqa Bai’s Men, When Sun Meets Moon, 2016. Mah Laqa Bai’s Radiance, When Sun Meets Moon, 2016.

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Knowledge Commons) and DataCite (Zenodo).

Quantifying Corruption: Computational Analysis of Textual Transmission in the Diwan of Mah Laqa Bai Chanda (2026) — DataCite (Knowledge Commons). Collation Data of Deewan-e-Mah Laqa Chanda across four Sources (2026) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 7 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 22 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.