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- catalog abstract ""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. Findly's work 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)"--Publisher's website.".
- catalog contributor b3839817.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""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. Findly's work 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)"--Publisher's website.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-390) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Standing in the legend -- The immigrant Persians -- Death of Sher Afgan and marriage to Jahangir -- Rise of the Junta (1611-1620) -- "The world conqueror," -- Life in the women's palaces -- The English embassy -- Breakup of the Junta (1620-1627) -- Nur Jahan and religious policy -- Arts and architecture of Nur Jahan -- In the gardens of eternal spring -- The rebellion of Mahabat Khan -- 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.".
- catalog extent "407 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195074882 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780195074888 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mogul Empire".
- catalog subject "954.02/5/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "DS461.9.N8 F56 1993".
- catalog subject "Empresses Mogul Empire Biography.".
- catalog subject "Nūr Jahān, Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, -1645.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Standing in the legend -- The immigrant Persians -- Death of Sher Afgan and marriage to Jahangir -- Rise of the Junta (1611-1620) -- "The world conqueror," -- Life in the women's palaces -- The English embassy -- Breakup of the Junta (1620-1627) -- Nur Jahan and religious policy -- Arts and architecture of Nur Jahan -- In the gardens of eternal spring -- The rebellion of Mahabat Khan -- 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.".
- catalog title "Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India / Ellison Banks Findly.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".