Bibi, also spelledBebe, is frequently used as a respectful title for Muslim, Christian and Sikh women inSouth Asia when added to the given name.^[1][2]

Bibi, likeBegum, is used as a surname by many women in the region.^[3]

InAnglo-Indian, the term bibi came to be seen as a synonym formistress.^[2]

The word "Bibi", which made its way into thePashto andUrdu language, was originally borrowed fromClassical Persian (بی‌بیbī-bī). It was translated as "grandma" (chiefly inPashto,Dari,Tajik). Besides this it was also used as respectful title to address senior women.^[4]

• Aisha Bibi, 12th-century noble woman, after whom a memorial and village are named in modern Kazakhstan
• Bibi Mubarika, 16th aYusufzai PashtunEmpress consort in Mughal Empire. She was a wife of first Mughal emperorBabur.
• Bibi Ambha, the Hindu origin mother ofSikandar Lodi^[5]
• Asia Bibi, a Catholic Christian worker accused of blasphemy in Pakistan
• Bushra Bibi, wife of Imran Khan and First Lady of Pakistan
• Sultana Chand Bibi (1550–1599 CE), also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, Indian Muslim woman warrior
• Islam Bibi, (1974–2013), Afghan policewoman and human right activist.
• Noorjahan Kakon Bibi, female freedom fighter in Bangladesh
• Mukhtaran Bibi (bornc. 1972, now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī), human rights activist.
• Pari Bibi, noblewomen ofMughal Empire buried inLalbagh Fort,Dhaka
• Taramon Bibi, female freedom fighter in Bangladesh
• Taj Bibi, empress consort of Emperor Jahangir and mother of Emperor Shah Jahan.

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