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Nur Jahan

Ellison Banks Findly · ISBN 9780195360608
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Publisher Oxford University Press USA
Author(s) Ellison Banks Findly
Subtitle Empress of Mughal India
Published 25th March 1993
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Empress of Mughal India

Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India, she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the effects of alcohol and opium. Her reign (1611-1627) marked the highpoint of the Mughal empire, in the course of which she made great contributions to the arts, religion, and the nascent trade with
Europe. An intriguing, elegantly written account of Nur Jahan's life and times, this book not only revises the legends that portray her as a power-hungry and malicious woman, but also investigates the paths
to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism providing a fascinating picture of life inside the mahal (harem).
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