Jahanara : A Novel
by
Sukumaran
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
936045768X
ISBN-13
9789360457686
Publisher
Westland Publications Limited
Imprint
Westland Publications Limited
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2024
Print length
204 Pages
Weight
154 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 13.30 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Fiction: special features
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However, hers was also a life of great emotional turmoil. Her grandfather, the Emperor Akbar, had ruled that women born into the royal family were not to take lovers or enter into
Little is known about Shah Jahan’s daughter Jahanara, the most erudite of Mughal princesses. Even as an adolescent she advised her emperor father on state affairs and diplomacy. Fending off the machinations of Shah Jahan’s devious stepmother, Noor Mahal, who manipulated her husband Jahangir and later Aurangzeb like a puppeteer, Jahanara is known to have continually attempted to broker peace between Shah Jahan, Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb. Conversant in Persian, Sanskrit and several other languages, she had studied not only the Quran but also the Vedas and Puranas. She owned, at one point, the largest number of ships for sea trade in the Bay of Bengal.
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