Nur Jahan
Empress of Mughal India
1st Edition
Published on 25. March 1993
420 pages
978-0-19-536060-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Prologue: Standing in the Legend
- 1. The Immigrant Persians
- 2. Death of Sher Afgan and Marriage to Jahangir
- 3. Rise of the Junta (1611-1620)
- 4. "The World Conqueror
- 5. Life in the Women's Palaces
- 6. The English Embassy
- 7. Breakup of the Junta (1620-1627)
- 8. Nur Jahan and Religious Policy
- 9. Arts and Architecture of Nur Jahan
- 10. In the Gardens of Eternal Spring
- 11. The Rebellion of Mahabat Khan
- 12. Death of Jahangir and Retirement to Lahore
- Appendix I: Selected Members of Jahangir's Family
- Appendix II: Selected Members of Nur Jahan's Family
- Appendix III: Brief Chronology of the Jahangir Era
- Notes
- Abbreviations and Selected Annotated Bibliography
- Index
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