Scroll: ‘Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World’: Ruby Lal challenges the fantasies about the harem
‘Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World’: Ruby Lal challenges the fantasies about the harem
Modern scholars such as Ruby Lal reassess Nur Jahan as a powerful political and cultural figure. She tells the story of the Mughal world ’s only female co-sovereign in Empress: The Astonishing Reign ...
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MSN: The Secret Fears of Mughal Queens: What Really Happened in the Harem After Sunset
For centuries, the Mughal harem has been described as a place of luxury, beauty, and mystery. Behind those magnificent palace walls lived the royal queens, consorts, and attendants of the emperors — ...
The Secret Fears of Mughal Queens: What Really Happened in the Harem After Sunset
The Mughal ‘harem’ has been the subject of a great deal of uninformed curiosity and voyeurism often based on bazar gossip. With the result that while the court historians like Abul Fazl could only ...
Scroll: ‘Vagabond Princess’: Ruby Lal’s biography of Mughal princess Gulbadan is lush and evocative
‘Vagabond Princess’: Ruby Lal’s biography of Mughal princess Gulbadan is lush and evocative
Ruby Lal has lived with the story of Gulbadan for over 20 years. Debuting with the book Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World in 2005, the author’s last work, Empress: The Astonishing Reign ...
The Telegraph: Re-visiting the Mughal era with a book reading session of Vama Gaur’s ‘The Mughal Harem’
It was a journey back in time for the audience at Karu Experience Centre on November 26 as author Vama Gaur read out excerpts from her latest book, The Mughal Harem, and chatted with Shahanshah Mirza, ...