Under Hanafi law, in the absence of mother, which of the following females has the first priority to…

Under Hanafi law, hizanat (custody) of a young child belongs first to the mother and, failing her, to the mother's mother how high soever. Next come the father's mother how high soever, the full sister, the uterine sister, the consanguine sister and then the aunts.

The maternal grandmother therefore has priority over the paternal grandmother, the sisters and the maternal aunt.