Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India

by Ellison Banks Findly

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Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history, and Ellison Findly's biography is an intriguing, elegantly written account of her life and times. It not only revises the legends that portray Nur Jahan 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).
  • ISBN10 0195074882
  • ISBN13 9780195074888
  • Publish Date 17 June 1993 (first published 1 January 1993)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 420
  • Language English